Elisha
Elisha is ranked 847th among boys in 2024 (284 births). Its best rank was 255th, in 1883.
- Rank in 2024
- #847up 10 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2840.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 2008392 births
- Best rank
- #255in 1883
- Since 1880
- 29,647people given the name
The story in the numbers
15,340 boys have been named Elisha in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2008, with 392 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 733 → 847).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2001, and the 2000s alone account for 23%. It has spent 112 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Elisha is used for both sexes: 48% of its bearers are girls (14,307), most of them born around 1980.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Elisha | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 336 | |
| 1890s | 256 | |
| 1900s | 216 | |
| 1910s | 549 | |
| 1920s | 780 | |
| 1930s | 538 | |
| 1940s | 472 | |
| 1950s | 401 | |
| 1960s | 262 | |
| 1970s | 601 | |
| 1980s | 994 | |
| 1990s | 1,920 | |
| 2000s | 3,461 | |
| 2010s | 3,150 | |
| 2020s | 1,404 |
In 2008, its biggest year
Elisha was the 630th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2008 were Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 2008.
Names that rose and fell with Elisha
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Zackpeak 2008
- Asapeak 2022
- Abnerpeak 2024
- Turnerpeak 2019
- Simonpeak 2015
- Augustuspeak 2024
- Anguspeak 2006
- Enochpeak 2023
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.