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Elisheba

#11,209 in 2025Girls' name

God, deity + to promise, swear, through אלישבע

Elisheba has been given to 223 babies in the U.S. since 1974. In 2025 it ranked #11,209 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2017, with 12 recorded.

Babies named Elisheba, 2025

1 in 414,000

Elisheba over time, 1880–2025

Girls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Elisheba: meaning, origin, and history

God, deity + to promise, swear, through אלישבע

Hebrew

What Elisheba means

Elisheba belongs to the name family reached through Elisheba → אלישבע. Its meaning is “god, deity + to promise, swear”.

Origin, language, and formation

Elisheba is used in English. Its origins include Hebrew.

Elisheba comes through Hebrew אלישבע.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Elizabeth and אלישבע.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Elisheba is pronounced /əˈlɪ.ʃɪ.bə/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 223 girls were recorded with the name Elisheba between 1974 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 12 in 2017; its best national rank was #6,016 in 1984.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #13,917 in 2020 to #11,209 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #12,159 in 2015 to #11,209 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Elisheba?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 414,000
8 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 201,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#11,209
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
287,238 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Elisheba sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Elisheba. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Elishebas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Elisheba was born before 2012 — so the typical Elisheba is around 13 today.

Median birth year
2012
About 13 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
34.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
55.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
223
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Choose a decade

2010s — 34.5% of all recorded uses (77).

Is Elisheba rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+1,328
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+2,708
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+950
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
66.7%
Peak was 2017 (12)
Years since peak
8
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
21.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#6,016
1984

Spellings of Elisheba

Elisheba is not the most common spelling — Elisha is, with 79.0% against Elisheba's 1.2%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Elisheba around the world

Where Elisheba ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1997–2025
    #5,927
    in 2025
  • South Australia
    2002–2002
    #730
    in 2002

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Elisheba by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#11,209
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,708
Best rank ever
#6,016
1984
Peak year
2017
12 that year
First recorded
1974
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
223
Count in 2025
8

Names similar to Elisheba

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Elisheba

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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