Girls' name · since 1979
Allesha
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.
- #25,175 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 119
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
119 girls have been named Allesha since 1979, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Allesha has been recorded 119 times among girls since 1979, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2004.
- #25,175 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 119 born since 1979
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Allesha ranks #25,175 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 119 born since 1979, peaking in the 1980s.
- #25,175 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 119
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Allesha's 119 recorded births place it above 65.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Allesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Allesha's full recorded timeline at 1989, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1984, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1994 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Allesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2004
- Peak year (1994)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Allesha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (54 births, 45% of the file).
1980s was Allesha's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Allesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 8
1970s
8 births
- 1980s
1980s
54 births
- 1990s
1990s
52 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 54 births (45% of all-time use).
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What to do with Allesha's data
- Allesha's decade-level peak was the 1980s (54 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Allesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~25 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1979–2004 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Allesha draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.