Allisha
Feminine
Allisha doubles a letter and, in doing so, moves the name from one family toward another — away from Alicia and Alisha, and toward Allison, which is a separate name with a separate history.
How old is the name Allisha?
Allisha first appears in US birth records in 1970 — 55 years ago. The typical Allisha alive today was born around 1989, making them about 36 years old. About 800 people named Allisha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Allisha most popular?
Allisha peaked in 1987, reaching #2098 nationally. See the whole 1987 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Allisha
The most interesting thing about this whole group is how thoroughly two unrelated names have merged in American use. One is European, descended from a Germanic compound by way of French. The other is Arabic and means living. They arrived in the United States from completely different directions at completely different dates, met in a set of spellings that neither tradition would recognize, and are now routinely treated as versions of each other in name books and on websites. A parent choosing one of these spellings is choosing a sound, and the sound genuinely belongs to two histories at once.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Three families meet at this sound. Alice gives Alicia; the Arabic Aisha gives Aisha and its American respellings; Allison is a Norman diminutive of Alice and a fourth thing again. The doubled l points at the last of these and the ending points at the second, which leaves the name between them.
Pronouncing Allisha
uh-LEE-shuh
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. The doubled l is not audible.
Nicknames for Allisha
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1970
- Most girls named
- 198752 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2098reached in 1987
- Change vs 2009
- 0.0%5 in 2011, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Allishas among us
people named Allisha are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Allisha sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is read correctly on sight and contains nothing difficult.
- The middle stress carries well and resists clipping.
- It shortens two ways and both forms are current.
- Alisha, Alicia and Aleesha are all in the record and hers will be written as one of them.
- The doubled letter suggests a different name family from the ending.
- Two unrelated traditions stand behind the sound, so no single meaning is hers.
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Frequently asked
- How many Allishas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Allisha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Allisha in 2025?
- Allisha is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Allisha with classmates?
- Allisha will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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