Girls' name · since 1988
Jaleesha
Jaleesha has 51 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #34,802 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 51
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
51 girls have been named Jaleesha since 1988, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaleesha has been recorded 51 times among girls since 1988, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 1995.
- #34,802 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 51 born since 1988
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaleesha ranks #34,802 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 51 born since 1988, peaking in the 1990s.
- #34,802 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 51
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jaleesha'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.
Jaleesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jaleesha splits its recorded history at 1991: 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 1995 (7 births) -- compare that against the 1988 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jaleesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1995
- Peak year (1988)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Jaleesha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (26 births, 51% of the file).
1990s was Jaleesha's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Jaleesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
25 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 Jaleesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~7 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, 1988–1995 (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 Jaleesha 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.