Girls' name · since 1970
Arlesha
51 babies named Arlesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #34,718 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 51
- born since 1970
- 1990s
- peak decade
51 girls have been named Arlesha since 1970, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Arlesha recorded 51 times among girls since 1970, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 1995.
- #34,718 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 51 born since 1970
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arlesha ranks #34,718 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 51 born since 1970, peaking in the 1990s.
- #34,718 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 51
- born since 1970
- 1990s
- peak decade
Arlesha's 51 recorded births place it above 51.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Arlesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Arlesha splits its recorded history at 1990: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1970 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1995 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Arlesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–1995
- Peak year (1995)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Arlesha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (26 births, 51% of the file).
1990s was Arlesha's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Arlesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
15 births
- 1990s
1990s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 26 births (51% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Arlesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
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, 1970–1995 (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 Arlesha 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.