Recorded 1888–2018 Girls' name Peak 1925 1,838 births

Alease — girls' name

1,838 babies named Alease in U.S. Social Security records since 1888, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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1920s
Peak decade

27% of everyone ever named Alease was born in this single decade.

1925
Single peak year

57 babies were named Alease in 1925 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Alease

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,838 babies named Alease between 1888 and 2018, spanning 131 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alease currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 57 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alease performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 498 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Alease shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Virginia, which accounts for 526 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Alease in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alease 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 1,838 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.

Alease at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

1,838

Since 1888

131 years of records

Peak year

1925

57 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1888

Recorded for 131 years

Last year on file: 2018

Alease popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1888

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (1925)
57
Annual births at peak — across 131 years of records
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Alease by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
498 births that decade — 27% of Alease's all-time total
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Alease by state

Where Alease concentrates geographically — total births since 1888

Regionally concentrated
Top 4 states by recorded births for the name Alease
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Virginia
526 28.6%
#2 North Carolina
287 15.6%
#3 South Carolina
27 1.5%
#4 Georgia
5 0.3%
Virginia share of Alease's total US births 28.6%
Even split

526 of 1,838 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Alease?
1,838 babies have been named Alease since 1888. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 1925 with 57 births.
When was Alease most popular?
Alease was most popular in the 1920s decade with 498 total births. The single peak year was 1925.
Where is Alease most popular?
The top states for the name Alease are Virginia (526 births), North Carolina (287 births), South Carolina (27 births).
How long has the name Alease been used?
Alease has been recorded in Social Security data since 1888, spanning 131 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Alease?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Alexis, Alexandra, Alexa, Alexandria, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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, 1888–2018 (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.