Names / Unisex names
Elisha
Current rank
#789
holding steady
All-time peak
#255
in 1883
First recorded
1880
in U.S. data
Children named
30,000
since 1880
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #255 in 1883 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Elisha first appears in American naming records in 1880, where it reads as a unisex name. It currently ranks #789 and is holding steady. It crested in 1883 at #255. Over 30,000 have carried it since records began.