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Alesha

100% girls · 13 born in 2025

Alesha has been given to about 7,553 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1990, which makes it a Gen X and millennial name.

Meaning
Origin
Syllables3
Pronunciation
Nicknames
Living in the US≈ 7,359
Median age today37 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Alesha per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1990 · 306
  • Born in 202513
  • All time7,553
  • England & Wales, 20255

How popular is Alesha?

Its best year was 1990, when 306 babies were given the name, ranking 693rd. The typical living American called Alesha is about 37 years old today.

Names that sound like Alesha

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Aletha0.88
  2. Ayesha0.88
  3. Alisha0.82
  4. Alysha0.82
  5. Lakesha0.79
  6. Tanesha0.79
  7. Alesia0.78
  8. Alessia0.75

Middle names for Alesha

Ranked by flow score
  1. Alesha Rose0.89
  2. Alesha Louise0.89
  3. Alesha June0.88
  4. Alesha Pearl0.88
  5. Alesha Quinn0.88
  6. Alesha Nell0.88

Sibling names for Alesha

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Laceysister · 0.86
  2. Bethanysister · 0.85
  3. Dereckbrother · 0.84
  4. Kareembrother · 0.83
  5. Meredithsister · 0.82
  6. Caseyeither · 0.82

Where Alesha is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Alesha White0.84
    2. Alesha Reyes0.84
    3. Alesha Nguyen0.84
    4. Alesha Moore0.84
    5. Alesha Lee0.84
    6. Alesha Hill0.84

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Alesha

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. England & Wales1996–2025
    3. Scotland1974–2020

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.