Alaysha — #3659 US girls' name
1,817 babies named Alaysha in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 79% of names given to girls today.
45% of everyone ever named Alaysha was born in this single decade.
109 babies were named Alaysha in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alaysha
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,817 babies named Alaysha between 1987 and 2024, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alaysha currently holds the #3659 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 109 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alaysha performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 810 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Alaysha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 103 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Alaysha in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alaysha in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,817 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Alaysha at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Alaysha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1987
- Peak year (2001)
- 109
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
Currently ranks #3659 among girls.
1,817 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 109 births in a single year.
Alaysha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 810 births that decade — 45% of Alaysha's all-time total
Alaysha decade highlights
- Peak decade 810 births
- Runner-up 474 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Alaysha's strongest decade
810 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Alaysha by state
Where Alaysha concentrates geographically — total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 103 | 5.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 92 | 5.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 85 | 4.7% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 63 | 3.5% |
| #5 | California | | 44 | 2.4% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 37 | 2.0% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 29 | 1.6% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 28 | 1.5% |
103 of 1,817 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 5.7% of nationwide
- Texas 5.1% of nationwide
- Florida 4.7% of nationwide
- Louisiana 3.5% of nationwide
- California 2.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 19 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 5.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Alaysha appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1987–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.