Allesha — girls' name
119 babies named Allesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
119 girls have been named Allesha since 1979, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2004.
- 119
- total births
- 1979–2004
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 45%
- born in that decade
45% of everyone ever named Allesha was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Allesha in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Allesha
The Social Security Administration has registered 119 babies named Allesha between 1979 and 2004, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Allesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Allesha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Allesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Allesha 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 119 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.
Allesha at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Allesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1979
- Peak year (1994)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
119 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 15 births in a single year.
Allesha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 54 births that decade — 45% of Allesha's all-time total
Allesha decade highlights
- Peak decade 54 births
- Runner-up 52 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Allesha's strongest decade
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
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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, 1979–2004 (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.