Alesha

Alesha was the #7,885 girls' name in the US in 2025 (13 babies), and #4,201 in England & Wales.

Alesha as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Alesha as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Alesha as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#7,885 (13)#4,201 (5)————
2024#7,251 (15)#2,412 (11)————
2023#7,640 (14)#1,575 (19)————
2022#6,464 (18)#1,685 (17)#760 (3)———
2021#5,955 (20)#1,454 (21)———#3,280 (5)
2020#6,325 (18)#735 (50)——#544 (6)—
2019#4,909 (27)#955 (37)——#871 (3)#2,188 (9)
2018#4,768 (28)#701 (57)#680 (4)——#2,587 (7)
2017#4,066 (36)#637 (65)#501 (6)#215 (8)#396 (10)#2,179 (9)
2016#4,423 (32)#645 (65)#453 (7)#306 (5)#390 (11)#1,906 (11)
2015#3,915 (38)#449 (96)#455 (7)#426 (3)#316 (15)#1,874 (11)
2014#5,163 (26)#486 (87)#395 (9)#205 (9)#336 (14)—
2013#5,013 (27)#378 (118)#238 (17)#178 (11)#315 (15)#3,286 (5)
2012#3,644 (43)#287 (168)#310 (14)#146 (13)#213 (26)#2,601 (7)
2011#3,916 (38)#247 (204)#181 (25)#127 (19)#207 (26)#3,310 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1984 at #629.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1959.

How common is it?

about 1 in 130,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 130,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Alesha is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 140,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 130,000 to 1 in 150,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AleshaCanadaGirls—too few
AleshaEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
AleshaIrelandGirls—too few
AleshaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AleshaScotlandGirls—too few
AleshaUSGirls#7,88513
AleshaUSBoys—too few