girl's name

Elishia

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 707

Elishia is a girl's name. In 2008 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1981, when 34 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1959.

Elishia over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2008, not a full ten years.

252
'50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00
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Births named Elishia by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1950s 7
1960s 31
1970s 138
1980s 252
1990s 118
2000s (to 2008) 41

How popular is Elishia?

In 2008, Elishia was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Elishia is used

England & Wales #5,553 4 in 2009
United States #20,476 5 in 2008

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Elishia

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Elishia also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Elishia over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Elishia

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Elishia — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Elishia

How popular is the name Elishia?

In 2008, Elishia was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Elishia a girl's or a boy's name?

Elishia is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Elishia most popular?

Elishia peaked in 1981, when 34 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.