Aleshia — girls' name
2,826 babies named Aleshia in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Aleshia was born in this single decade.
149 babies were named Aleshia in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aleshia
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,826 babies named Aleshia between 1957 and 2016, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aleshia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 149 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aleshia performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 1,000 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Aleshia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 134 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Aleshia in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aleshia 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 2,826 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.
Aleshia at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Aleshia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1957
- Peak year (1991)
- 149
- Annual births at peak — across 60 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
2,826 total births across 60 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 149 births in a single year.
Aleshia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 1,000 births that decade — 35% of Aleshia's all-time total
Aleshia decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,000 births
- Runner-up 780 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Aleshia's strongest decade
1,000 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Aleshia by state
Where Aleshia concentrates geographically — total births since 1957
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 134 | 4.7% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 104 | 3.7% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 84 | 3.0% |
| #4 | Florida | | 70 | 2.5% |
| #5 | Alabama | | 57 | 2.0% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 56 | 2.0% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 53 | 1.9% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 50 | 1.8% |
134 of 2,826 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.7% of nationwide
- North Carolina 3.7% of nationwide
- Georgia 3.0% of nationwide
- Florida 2.5% of nationwide
- Alabama 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 22 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Aleshia appears in 22 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, 1957–2016 (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.