Jaleesa

Where Jaleesa comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Jaleesa.

  • Vowel-ended
Jaleesa through the years
  1. 1987
    Around this time: A Different World
    TV, 1987 · Source
  2. 1987
    First appearance
    #1,227 among girls with 116 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1988
    Peak, #344
    718 babies named Jaleesa, the most in any year.
  4. 1990
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #657.
In the dictionary

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Namesakes

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