Elisha
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Elisha
Creative name whose only limitation is that it looks like it would be pronounced akin to Alicia and Elissa — although as a Biblical boys’ name, it is traditionally pronounced ee-LIE-shah.
Elisha for boys#789 US
With Elijah a Top 10 choice, Elisha seems like a natural alternative for those preferring a slightly more unusual – but still super traditional – boy name. In fact, in the Old Testament, Elisha was a prophet and disciple of similarly named Elijah.
Elisha for girls#2867 US
Elisha (ee-LYE-sha) is an Old Testament male name, sometimes borrowed for girls. Pronouced eh-LEE-sha, it is also used as a spelling variant of Alicia or Elysia.
Pronounced ih-LY-shah.
As of October 2026, Elisha ranked #789 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #255 in 1883.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #733 | 327 | #1,571 | 138 |
| 2015 | #776 | 305 | #1,744 | 120 |
| 2016 | #783 | 304 | #1,722 | 123 |
| 2017 | #799 | 286 | #1,582 | 138 |
| 2018 | #829 | 270 | #1,395 | 161 |
| 2019 | #749 | 319 | #1,751 | 118 |
| 2020 | #843 | 271 | #2,085 | 88 |
| 2021 | #869 | 266 | #2,271 | 81 |
| 2022 | #821 | 302 | #2,278 | 82 |
| 2023 | #857 | 281 | #2,356 | 77 |
| 2024 | #847 | 284 | #2,038 | 95 |
| 2025 | #789 | 322 | #2,867 | 59 |
World rankings
Elisha for boys
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Famous Elishas
- ElishaBoy
faithful attendant and successor to the prophet Elijah in the Bible.
- Elisha Graves OtisBoy
American industrialist
- Elisha Albright Hoffman (1839Boy
1929), hymnist
- Elisha Marshall PeaseBoy
fifth and thirteenth Governor of Texas
- Elisha Nelson "Eli" ManningBoy
American football player
- Elisha Cook Jr.Boy
American character actor
- Elisha Hunt AllenBoy
American congressman, lawyer and diplomat
- Elisha KaneBoy
American explorer and medical officer
- Elisha ben AbuyahBoy
Jewish rabbi and religious authority
- Elisha HarrisBoy
20th Governor of Rhode Island
- Elisha CuthbertGirl
Canadian actress
Elisha in pop culture
- Elisha LeeGirl
character in Timothée de Fombelle's "Toby Alone" series
- Elisha SpringfieldGirl
character in Frank Peretti's "Veritas Project"
- Elisha "Ellie" EisenGirl
character in the novel "If You Come Softly" by Jacqueline Woodson
Variations & nicknames
More nicknames
- EliBoy
- EliseeBoy
- ElishahBoth
- ElisherBoy
- ElishuBoy
- ElishuaBoth
- ElisoBoy
- ElyshaBoth
- LishaBoy
- EleaciaGirl
- EleashaGirl
- EleciaGirl
- EleeshaGirl
- EleishaGirl
- EleshaGirl
- EleshiaGirl
- EleticiaGirl
- ElicaGirl
- EliceaGirl
- ElicetGirl
- ElichiaGirl
- EliciaGirl
- ElishevaGirl
- ElishiaGirl
- ElisiaGirl
- EliskaGirl
- ElissiaGirl
- ElleciaGirl
- ElleshaGirl
- EllexiaGirl
- ElliciaGirl
- EllishaGirl
- ElshaGirl
- ElyshiaGirl