Elishama is a Hebrew name that means 'God has heard.' It appears in the Old Testament as one of the sons of Zerubbabel, who was a governor during the rebuilding of Jerusalem's temple after the Babylonian exile.
Elishama saw a gap of six years between its peak birth years with 5 births in 2017 and 6 births in 2023, accumulating to a total of 11 births across these two periods.