Lisha
Lisha is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Lisha
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lisha is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Lisha
American parents first put Lisha on the record books as a baby girl name in 1954, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1960, when 275 Lishas were born — ranking #597 that year. About 49% of every Lisha on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Lisha last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Lisha
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Lisha. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Lisha
Lisha is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1954 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Lisha's peak popularity came in 1960 when it ranked #597. Use the chart and map above to compare Lisha's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.