Elisha Name Popularity

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How popular is Elisha?

The uncommon name Elisha was the 1,388th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States in 2018.

Elisha, although not presently in the top 1000, did once enjoy higher rankings.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #373 in 1980 with 624 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Elisha was less than 5, most recently in 1955.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Elisha occurred roughly during the years 1955-1960, 1962-1965, and 1966-1980.

Sometimes the name Elisha has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Where is the name Elisha popularity headed?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a low point.

Elisha's popularity has been moving downward for some time. however, the number of children named Elisha lately has remained about the same.

The name Elisha is still rare and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

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		Elisha (Girl)		Elisha (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		161	1,388	259	847
2017		138	1,577	284	801
2016		123	1,722	303	783
2015		120	1,739	302	778
2014		138	1,571	326	733
2013		160	1,420	346	692
2012		140	1,559	317	732
2011		139	1,574	311	730
2010		137	1,590	363	661
2009		147	1,539	340	705
2008		147	1,563	392	630
2007		188	1,298	364	657
2006		166	1,372	376	627
2005		158	1,370	377	600
2004		201	1,136	359	599
2003		169	1,244	337	616
2002		166	1,215	336	602
2001		174	1,179	300	632
2000		190	1,088	277	653
1999		189	1,066	284	631
1998		219	942	254	671
1997		199	983	234	688
1996		224	880	230	698
1995		221	870	204	751
1994		247	816	178	794
1993		260	786	142	902
1992		296	723	137	903
1991		297	711	139	894
1990		348	646	118	959
1989		358	599	103	1,009
1988		402	543	90	1,041
1987		450	479	88	1,011
1986		428	499	80	1,045
1985		481	452	101	902
1984		468	443	115	815
1983		525	409	94	911
1982		540	417	108	857
1981		565	400	103	875
1980		624	373	112	831
1979		546	398	93	908
1978		444	446	87	928
1977		421	465	82	944
1976		300	561	64	1,043
1975		230	663	69	986
1974		184	759	48	1,200
1973		158	830	37	1,380
1972		181	767	45	1,235
1971		151	883	38	1,386
1970		127	985	39	1,338
1969		95	1,144	25	1,654
1968		70	1,329	22	1,705
1967		76	1,221	14	2,176
1966		54	1,518	24	1,597
1965		71	1,277	30	1,414
1964		57	1,500	31	1,414
1963		54	1,527	30	1,434
1962		40	1,810	34	1,350
1961		33	2,045	23	1,696
1960		49	1,604	29	1,494
1959		24	2,359	34	1,342
1958		8	4,627	32	1,375
1957		15	3,066	36	1,303
1956		10	3,986	35	1,304
1955		< 5	--	45	1,111
1954		5	5,978	45	1,116
1953		8	4,336	40	1,173
1952		5	5,806	41	1,160
1951		7	4,497	45	1,074
1950		< 5	--	48	1,012
1949		9	3,696	52	959
1948		9	3,672	43	1,085
1947		7	4,480	46	1,068
1946		< 5	--	45	1,022
1945		< 5	--	47	944
1944		< 5	--	44	973
1943		< 5	--	48	973
1942		< 5	--	44	1,013
1941		< 5	--	47	930
1940		6	3,992	56	842
1939		< 5	--	47	905
1938		< 5	--	41	994
1937		< 5	--	48	899
1936		< 5	--	48	885
1935		< 5	--	53	861
1934		< 5	--	60	799
1933		< 5	--	45	938
1932		< 5	--	62	812
1931		< 5	--	63	790
1930		< 5	--	71	755
1929		< 5	--	60	847
1928		< 5	--	68	789
1927		< 5	--	79	737
1926		< 5	--	72	760
1925		< 5	--	74	769
1924		< 5	--	72	794
1923		< 5	--	89	681
1922		< 5	--	96	655
1921		< 5	--	99	648
1920		< 5	--	71	795
1919		< 5	--	79	707
1918		< 5	--	69	783
1917		< 5	--	79	676
1916		< 5	--	81	652
1915		< 5	--	58	795
1914		5	3,780	42	826
1913		< 5	--	45	671
1912		< 5	--	44	628
1911		< 5	--	27	588
1910		< 5	--	25	571
1909		< 5	--	24	534
1908		< 5	--	11	843
1907		< 5	--	21	519
1906		< 5	--	15	623
1905		< 5	--	16	599
1904		< 5	--	25	420
1903		< 5	--	25	395
1902		< 5	--	23	427
1901		< 5	--	19	437
1900		< 5	--	37	362
1899		< 5	--	26	356
1898		< 5	--	32	340
1897		< 5	--	18	459
1896		< 5	--	23	408
1895		< 5	--	33	321
1894		< 5	--	27	351
1893		< 5	--	17	452
1892		< 5	--	28	360
1891		< 5	--	28	318
1890		< 5	--	24	359
1889		< 5	--	29	325
1888		< 5	--	37	290
1887		< 5	--	20	368
1886		< 5	--	35	291
1885		< 5	--	38	268
1884		< 5	--	39	272
1883		< 5	--	42	255
1882		< 5	--	35	290
1881		< 5	--	29	297
1880		< 5	--	32	293

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.