Alesha — #7308 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Alesha

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,534 babies named Alesha between 1959 and 2024, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alesha currently holds the #7308 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 306 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alesha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 2,516 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Alesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 439 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Alesha in 36 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alesha 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 7,534 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.