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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201988peak #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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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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1980#710239—
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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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1959#6,2455—
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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 1988

  • 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: #697 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,582 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: #321 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,300 girlsMNIllinois: #713 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 6,142 girlsILWisconsin: #429 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,582 girlsWIMichigan: #419 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 3,378 girlsMINew York: #801 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 7,128 girlsNYMassachusetts: #718 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,445 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedRIOregon: #419 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,615 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: #271 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,738 girlsIAIndiana: #508 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,241 girlsINOhio: #679 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 6,863 girlsOHPennsylvania: #444 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,680 girlsPANew Jersey: #699 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,470 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,099 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 10,878 girlsCAUtah: #322 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,697 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedNEMissouri: #526 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,524 girlsMOKentucky: #353 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,557 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedWVVirginia: #741 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,176 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: #194 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,123 girlsARTennessee: #572 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,822 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #393 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,486 girlsOKLouisiana: #712 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,263 girlsLAMississippi: #353 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,923 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Alesha, so not publishedHITexas: #1,022 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 9,869 girlsTXFlorida: #611 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 4,861 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arkansas#194 · 1 in 1,123
  2. Iowa#271 · 1 in 1,738
  3. Minnesota#321 · 1 in 2,300
  4. Utah#322 · 1 in 1,697
  5. Mississippi#353 · 1 in 1,923

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#194111 in 1,123
Iowa#27191 in 1,738
Minnesota#321121 in 2,300
Utah#32281 in 1,697
Kentucky#35381 in 2,557
Mississippi#35371 in 1,923
Oklahoma#39371 in 2,486
Michigan#419171 in 3,378
Oregon#41961 in 2,615
Wisconsin#42981 in 3,582
Pennsylvania#444191 in 3,680
Indiana#50881 in 4,241
Missouri#52671 in 4,524
Tennessee#57261 in 4,822
Florida#611151 in 4,861
Ohio#679101 in 6,863
Washington#69751 in 5,582
New Jersey#69971 in 6,470
Louisiana#71251 in 5,263
Illinois#713121 in 6,142
Massachusetts#71851 in 7,445
Virginia#74151 in 7,176
New York#801161 in 7,128
Texas#1,022131 in 9,869
California#1,099211 in 10,878
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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 1988

girls
#680
285 births · 1 in 6,249 girls

Top girls' names in 1988

  1. #1Jessica51,556
  2. #2Ashley49,977
  3. #3Amanda39,459
  4. #4Sarah28,374
  5. #5Jennifer27,893
  6. #6Brittany26,816
  7. #7Stephanie22,843
  8. #8Samantha20,700
  9. #9Nicole20,315
  10. #10Elizabeth20,042
  11. #680Alesha285
More about 1988

girls

1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 6,249 of them was named Alesha, which outranked 95.1% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alesha
  1. #675Felisha286
  2. #675Kassie286
  3. #675Phylicia286
  4. #680Alesha285
  5. #681Kimberley284
  6. #682Sofia282
  7. #683Ashlyn281
Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,890Jalissa#3,857 → #967
  2. ↑ 2,381Taja#3,101 → #720
  3. ↑ 1,710Whitley#2,156 → #446
  4. ↑ 1,225Jalisa#1,662 → #437
  5. ↑ 883Jaleesa#1,227 → #344
Fallers
  1. ↓ 620Channing#590 → #1,210
  2. ↓ 346Denisse#954 → #1,300
  3. ↓ 319Jeana#966 → #1,285
  4. ↓ 314Eliana#826 → #1,140
  5. ↓ 311Nakia#893 → #1,204

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

See the top 100 for 1988 →