Shalisha
Shalishah or Baal-Shalisha is a place mentioned in the Book of Kings and the Talmud.
Meaning & Origin of Shalisha
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shalishah or Baal-Shalisha is a place mentioned in the Book of Kings and the Talmud.
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The Story of Shalisha
The earliest SSA record of Shalisha as a baby girl name dates back to 1969, when 5 babies received it. 1990 was its biggest year on record, with 24 newborns named Shalisha — #4,120 in the national rankings. About 38% of every Shalisha on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Shalisha last appeared in the published SSA data in 2006, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 353 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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About the name Shalisha
Shalisha is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1969 and has accumulated 353 births in the dataset. Shalisha's peak popularity came in 1990 when it ranked #4,120. Use the chart and map above to compare Shalisha'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 .
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