Elisha
- Pronunciation
- [E-li-sha]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Abbreviation Of Elisabeth.
- Origin
- French
Elisha Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 14,307 baby girls have been named Elisha. The name peaked in 1980 with 624 US births that year (rank #373). In 2024, ranked #2038 nationally — 1,665 places below its 1980 peak.
Top States for Elisha
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Elisha births are: California (1,462), Texas (1,114), New York (789).
Other French-Origin Names Like Elisha
If you like Elisha's French origin, consider these related names: Abelia, Abella, Acel, Aceline, Adalene. Browse all French names →
6-Letter Names Starting with E
Names with Elisha's exact length and starting letter: Eachan, Eadger, Eadlin, Eadlyn, Eadric.
Quick Facts About Elisha
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Elisha by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2008 with 392 boys named Elisha (boy rank #630 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #789 for boys (322 US births). That's 159 places below its 2008 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Elisha Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Elisha the strongest states are Connecticut, Kentucky, Alabama.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connecticut | #479 | 16 |
| 2 | Kentucky | #583 | 40 |
| 3 | Alabama | #597 | 61 |
| 4 | South Carolina | #600 | 50 |
| 5 | Oregon | #601 | 22 |
| 6 | Tennessee | #613 | 97 |
| 7 | Oklahoma | #633 | 25 |
| 8 | Minnesota | #646 | 37 |
| 9 | Missouri | #655 | 73 |
| 10 | Massachusetts | #674 | 24 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Illinois | #969 | 42 |
| 2 | California | #919 | 101 |
| 3 | Texas | #837 | 238 |
| 4 | Pennsylvania | #832 | 69 |
| 5 | Ohio | #792 | 87 |
| 6 | Arizona | #789 | 33 |
| 7 | Michigan | #783 | 54 |
| 8 | New Jersey | #770 | 50 |
| 9 | New York | #750 | 147 |
| 10 | Colorado | #742 | 31 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Elisha in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
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Compare Elisha to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Elisha against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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