Search names
ee-LIE-shah; eh-lee-shuh
Elisha
OriginHebrew
Meaning"God is my salvation"
GenderBoy
US Rank#789
Top 1000
NB Rank#981
On Nameberry
About Elisha
Variation of Eliseo
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #733 | 327 | 170.2 |
| 2015 | #776 | 305 | 159.1 |
| 2016 | #783 | 304 | 160.2 |
| 2017 | #799 | 286 | 154.5 |
| 2018 | #829 | 270 | 148.7 |
| 2019 | #749 | 319 | 177.8 |
| 2020 | #843 | 271 | 157 |
| 2021 | #869 | 266 | 152 |
| 2022 | #821 | 302 | 173 |
| 2023 | #857 | 281 | 164.3 |
| 2024 | #847 | 284 | 164.8 |
| 2025 | #789 | 322 | 188.5 |
World rankings
Similar names
These 20 names were selected by our users looking for other names like Elisha.
Famous Elishas
- Elisha
faithful attendant and successor to the prophet Elijah in the Bible.
- Elisha Graves Otis
American industrialist
- Elisha Albright Hoffman (1839
1929), hymnist
- Elisha Marshall Pease
fifth and thirteenth Governor of Texas
- Elisha Nelson "Eli" Manning
American football player
- Elisha Cook Jr.
American character actor
- Elisha Hunt Allen
American congressman, lawyer and diplomat
- Elisha Kane
American explorer and medical officer
- Elisha ben Abuyah
Jewish rabbi and religious authority
- Elisha Harris
20th Governor of Rhode Island
Variations & nicknames
- ElizurEastern European
- EliseoSpanish
Elisha in blog posts
Elisha on more lists
Save Elisha
Save to list
