Alisha is an established variant of Alicia that peaked in 1989 and has since faded.
Alisha is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,229 for girl births in the United States (and #2,341 across all names), given to 183 babies. Alisha first appears in 1948 and peaked in 1989 (2,437 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 183 | 183 | #1,229 | — |
| 2024 | 212 | 212 | #1,140 | — |
| 2023 | 192 | 192 | #1,226 | — |
| 2022 | 223 | 223 | #1,111 | — |
| 2021 | 188 | 188 | #1,249 | — |
| 2020 | 223 | 223 | #1,093 | — |
| 2019 | 229 | 229 | #1,089 | — |
| 2018 | 276 | 276 | #956 | — |
| 2017 | 314 | 321 | #870 | — |
| 2016 | 269 | 269 | #987 | — |
| 2015 | 298 | 305 | #921 | — |
| 2014 | 305 | 305 | #891 | — |
| 2013 | 297 | 305 | #866 | — |
| 2012 | 307 | 318 | #866 | — |
| 2011 | 360 | 372 | #764 | — |
| 2010 | 352 | 365 | #782 | — |
| 2009 | 375 | 386 | #760 | — |
| 2008 | 476 | 495 | #648 | — |
| 2007 | 554 | 573 | #552 | — |
| 2006 | 500 | 513 | #585 | — |
| 2005 | 625 | 652 | #490 | — |
| 2004 | 690 | 713 | #446 | #11,419 |
| 2003 | 685 | 702 | #439 | — |
| 2002 | 711 | 732 | #409 | — |
| 2001 | 684 | 692 | #417 | — |
| 2000 | 715 | 725 | #401 | — |
| 1999 | 765 | 774 | #374 | — |
| 1998 | 857 | 862 | #341 | — |
| 1997 | 990 | — | #289 | — |
| 1996 | 1,163 | — | #240 | — |
| 1995 | 1,279 | — | #221 | — |
| 1994 | 1,497 | — | #200 | — |
| 1993 | 1,728 | — | #173 | #6,843 |
| 1992 | 1,860 | — | #163 | #8,481 |
| 1991 | 2,041 | — | #149 | — |
| 1990 | 2,342 | — | #135 | — |
| 1989 | 2,457 | — | #123 | #2,992 |
| 1988 | 2,276 | — | #126 | #5,212 |
| 1987 | 2,400 | — | #118 | #4,980 |
| 1986 | 2,243 | — | #125 | #5,351 |
| 1985 | 2,216 | — | #131 | #6,557 |
| 1984 | 2,306 | — | #123 | #3,275 |
| 1983 | 2,048 | — | #141 | — |
| 1982 | 2,015 | — | #145 | — |
| 1981 | 2,002 | — | #142 | #6,299 |
| 1980 | 1,864 | — | #151 | #3,845 |
| 1979 | 1,728 | — | #162 | #4,862 |
| 1978 | 1,384 | — | #188 | #4,569 |
| 1977 | 1,323 | — | #201 | #4,604 |
| 1976 | 933 | — | #254 | — |
| 1975 | 802 | — | #296 | #3,252 |
| 1974 | 682 | — | #325 | — |
| 1973 | 596 | — | #360 | #4,522 |
| 1972 | 560 | — | #382 | — |
| 1971 | 528 | — | #406 | — |
| 1970 | 420 | — | #481 | — |
| 1969 | 372 | — | #506 | — |
| 1968 | 239 | — | #620 | — |
| 1967 | 169 | — | #755 | — |
| 1966 | 137 | — | #856 | — |
| 1965 | 157 | — | #787 | — |
| 1964 | 120 | — | #964 | — |
| 1963 | 96 | — | #1,114 | — |
| 1962 | 73 | — | #1,292 | — |
| 1961 | 50 | — | #1,598 | — |
| 1960 | 60 | — | #1,417 | — |
| 1959 | 21 | — | #2,521 | — |
| 1958 | 10 | — | #3,926 | — |
| 1957 | 9 | — | #4,207 | — |
| 1956 | 13 | — | #3,327 | — |
| 1955 | 8 | — | #4,380 | — |
| 1954 | 7 | — | #4,664 | — |
| 1953 | 9 | — | #3,959 | — |
| 1952 | 9 | — | #3,808 | — |
| 1951 | 6 | — | #4,842 | — |
| 1949 | 8 | — | #3,896 | — |
| 1948 | 6 | — | #4,660 | — |