as a First Name
Traditionally a male Biblical name derived from Hebrew el ‘God’ + sha ‘to help or save’. It is borne in the Bible by a prophet, the disciple and successor of Elijah, whose story is told in the Second Book of Kings. It has long been popular among Christian fundamentalists as a boy's name, but is now increasingly frequent as a girl's name, perhaps influenced by Alicia.
| 1,523rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 16,762
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Kentucky
- has the most people named Elisha per capita
- 1980
- marked the height of its popularity
64%
36%
2%
55+
55+
28%
30-54
30-54
30%
13-29
13-29
39%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
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