Alesha

#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,941
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1984 · 282 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,547
since 1959

Alesha over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Alesha has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201992peak #629, 1984girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#7,88513—
2024#7,25115—
2023#7,64014—
2022#6,46418—
2021#5,95520—
2020#6,32518—
2019#4,90927—
2018#4,76828—
2017#4,06636—
2016#4,42332—
2015#3,91538—
2014#5,16326—
2013#5,01327—
2012#3,64443—
2011#3,91638—
2010#3,12353—
2009#2,89260—
2008#2,44178—
2007#2,41878—
2006#2,70166—
2005#2,37974—
2004#1,99992—
2003#2,20378—
2002#1,82198—
2001#1,611114—
2000#1,511121—
1999#1,442121—
1998#1,205153—
1997#1,096171—
1996#957201—
1995#911207—
1994#791258—
1993#794256—
1992#782261—
1991#709298—
1990#693306—
1989#681298#6,9416
1988#680285—
1987#692265—
1986#750231—
1985#709244—
1984#629282—
1983#697244—
1982#753220—
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1977#926151—
1976#997127—
1975#915142—
1974#1,16597—
1973#1,074107—
1972#1,28080—
1971#1,42773—
1970#1,40774—
1969#1,59156—
1968#2,05634—
1967#2,27228—
1966#1,85938—
1965#2,15430—
1964#2,41226—
1963#2,96018—
1962#4,26310—
1961#5,3097—
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First appearance
1959

The first year at least five girls were named Alesha! It came in at #6,245, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1959, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Alesha is popular in 1992

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedNHWashington: #487 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,078 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #436 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,297 girlsMNIllinois: #874 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,528 girlsILWisconsin: #510 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,956 girlsWIMichigan: #404 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,853 girlsMINew York: #968 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 8,294 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedRIOregon: #463 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,709 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedSDIowa: #290 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,909 girlsIAIndiana: #414 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,022 girlsINOhio: #699 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,177 girlsOHPennsylvania: #607 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,266 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,492 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 16,050 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedNEMissouri: #451 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,436 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedWVVirginia: #549 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,055 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedARTennessee: #502 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,718 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #896 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,967 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #469 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,866 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedALGeorgia: #618 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,588 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedHITexas: #971 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 8,093 girlsTXFlorida: #819 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,825 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Iowa#290 · 1 in 1,909
  2. Michigan#404 · 1 in 2,853
  3. Indiana#414 · 1 in 3,022
  4. Minnesota#436 · 1 in 3,297
  5. Missouri#451 · 1 in 3,436

Best ever in a state: #181 in North Dakota, 1977.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Iowa#29081 in 1,909
Michigan#404201 in 2,853
Indiana#414111 in 3,022
Minnesota#43681 in 3,297
Missouri#45191 in 3,436
Oregon#46361 in 2,709
Oklahoma#46961 in 2,866
Washington#487101 in 3,078
Tennessee#50281 in 3,718
Wisconsin#51071 in 3,956
Virginia#54991 in 4,055
Pennsylvania#607131 in 5,266
Georgia#61891 in 4,588
Ohio#699111 in 6,177
Florida#819111 in 6,825
Illinois#874101 in 7,528
North Carolina#89651 in 7,967
New York#968141 in 8,294
Texas#971171 in 8,093
California#1,492161 in 16,050
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Alesha
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 634 spots since 2024 (#7,251 → #7,885)
  • 1,560 spots since 2020 (#6,325 → #7,885)
  • 3,970 spots since 2015 (#3,915 → #7,885)
  • Biggest jump: 250 spots in 1975 (#1,165 → #915)
  • Biggest drop: 139 spots in 1997 (#957 → #1,096)
Rise & fade · girls
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1959
  • Peaked 1984 at #629 (282 births)
  • Births halved by 1999, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 22 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 1975–1996
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,971
  • Highest: 1 in 5,971 girls born in 1984 were named Alesha (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 33.3% of all girls named Alesha (2,516) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s5#6,245 (1959)#6,245
1960s257#1,591 (1969)#2,906
1970s1,232#722 (1979)#1,085
1980s2,516#629 (1984)#709
1990s2,232#693 (1990)#938
2000s859#1,511 (2000)#2,198
2010s348#3,123 (2010)#4,294
2020s98#5,955 (2021)#6,920

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Alesha in 1992

girls
#782
261 births · 1 in 7,065 girls

Top girls' names in 1992

  1. #1Ashley38,460
  2. #2Jessica38,361
  3. #3Amanda25,039
  4. #4Brittany24,983
  5. #5Sarah24,634
  6. #6Samantha24,407
  7. #7Emily21,835
  8. #8Stephanie19,680
  9. #9Elizabeth19,035
  10. #10Megan17,842
  11. #782Alesha261
More about 1992

girls

1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 7,065 of them was named Alesha, which outranked 95.0% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alesha
  1. #777Charmaine265
  2. #777Lyndsay265
  3. #781Lucero264
  4. #782Alesha261
  5. #782Ayla261
  6. #782Kathrine261
  7. #782Krystle261
  8. #786Abbie260
  9. #787Heaven259
  10. #787Tamika259

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,282Darian#2,989 → #707
  2. ↑ 1,958Payton#2,660 → #702
  3. ↑ 1,450Peyton#2,034 → #584
  4. ↑ 1,115Chandler#1,656 → #541
  5. ↑ 1,080Brianda#1,857 → #777
Fallers
  1. ↓ 855Rebeccah#1,000 → #1,855
  2. ↓ 725Ieshia#717 → #1,442
  3. ↓ 502Miesha#997 → #1,499
  4. ↓ 470Unknown#794 → #1,264
  5. ↓ 356Phylicia#928 → #1,284

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1992 →