Recorded 1917–2022 Girls' name Peak 1987 546 births

Alese — girls' name

546 babies named Alese in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s161920s421950s181960s241970s201980s1031990s1122000s1172010s892020s5
2000s
Peak decade

21% of everyone ever named Alese was born in this single decade.

1987
Single peak year

27 babies were named Alese in 1987 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Alese

The Social Security Administration has registered 546 babies named Alese between 1917 and 2022, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alese currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alese performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 117 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Alese shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Alese in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alese 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 546 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.

Alese at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

546

Since 1917

106 years of records

Peak year

1987

27 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1917

Recorded for 106 years

Last year on file: 2022

Alese popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1917

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (1987)
27
Annual births at peak — across 106 years of records
051015202530 202220122004199719901983196219231917 8

Alese by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
117 births that decade — 21% of Alese's all-time total
1910s161920s421950s181960s241970s201980s1031990s1122000s1172010s892020s5

Alese by state

Where Alese concentrates geographically — total births since 1917

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Alese
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
6 1.1%
California share of Alese's total US births 1.1%

6 of 546 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Alese?
546 babies have been named Alese since 1917. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 1987 with 27 births.
When was Alese most popular?
Alese was most popular in the 2000s decade with 117 total births. The single peak year was 1987.
Where is Alese most popular?
The top states for the name Alese are California (6 births).
How long has the name Alese been used?
Alese has been recorded in Social Security data since 1917, spanning 106 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Alese?
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.

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, 1917–2022 (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.