Elesha — girls' name
612 babies named Elesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Elesha was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Elesha in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Elesha
The Social Security Administration has registered 612 babies named Elesha between 1959 and 2007, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 29 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Elesha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 212 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Elesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Elesha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Elesha 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 612 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.
Elesha at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Elesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1959
- Peak year (1985)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
612 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 29 births in a single year.
Elesha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 212 births that decade — 35% of Elesha's all-time total
Elesha decade highlights
- Peak decade 212 births
- Runner-up 169 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Elesha's strongest decade
212 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Elesha by state
Where Elesha concentrates geographically — total births since 1959
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 0.8% |
5 of 612 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 0.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1959–2007 (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.