Carlesha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Carlesha

The Social Security Administration has registered 190 babies named Carlesha between 1975 and 2002, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carlesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Carlesha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 98 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Carlesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Carlesha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Carlesha 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 190 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.