Elisha

Meaning: God is my salvation
Origin: Hebrew — Biblical name of the prophet who succeeded Elijah

Boy's name · #789 in the US (2025) · Comeback

79% boys · 21% girls — Elisha is also given to girls: 59 in 2025, about 21% in recent years. Elisha →

Popularity over time

Elisha was #255 in 1883, slipped to #2175 by 1967, and has climbed back to #789 today. About 16,000 boys have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 26 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,226 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,804 in Canada (2025) · #2,125 in Switzerland (2025) · #2,317 in Austria (2025) · #3,422 in Italy (2024) · #4,033 in France (2025) · #1,459 in Sweden (2024) · #448 in New Zealand (2022) · #5,109 in Ecuador (2017) · #451 in Ireland (2002).

Famous Elishas

Elisha Otis — 19th-century American industrialist and inventor of the Otis Elevator (1811–1861)
Elisha Gray — American electrical engineer (1835–1901)
Elisha Cook Jr. — American actor (1903–1995)
Elisha Owusu — Ghanaian-French footballer (born 1997)
Elisha Netanyahu — Israeli mathematician (1912–1986)

In stories & tradition

Elisha — Prophet and wonder-worker in the Hebrew Bible
Elisha J. Whitney — Anything Goes (musical stage work)

What Elishas become

Among 261 notable people named Elisha:

Lawyers & judges appear 3.03× more often than among typical names — e.g. Elisha Franklin Paxton, American lawyer (1828–1863).

Similar names: Eleazar · Asa · Ellison · Khaza · Abner · Enoch

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