Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Alesa

#7,439 most common girls' name of all time · #12,476 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1951–2018

Rank among girls
#7,439
Rank overall
#12,476 of 105,966
First appeared
1951
Years on the list
66 of 146
All-time
926
Since 2016
15
Peak year
1963 #1,920
Best rank
#1,886 1960
Girls Boys peak 38/yr
196019802000

Alesa first appears in 1951. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2018 5 — 5 #16,014
2017 5 — 5 #16,215
2016 5 — 5 #16,570
2014 8 — 8 #12,092
2013 7 — 7 #13,364
2012 11 — 11 #9,826
2011 7 — 7 #13,558
2010 7 — 7 #13,666
2008 8 — 8 #12,759
2007 10 — 10 #10,953
2006 10 — 10 #10,746
2005 11 — 11 #9,577
2004 9 — 9 #10,858
2003 9 — 9 #10,571
2002 12 — 12 #8,380
2001 15 — 15 #7,046
2000 10 — 10 #9,325
1999 11 — 11 #8,343
1998 11 — 11 #8,157
1997 10 — 10 #8,492
1996 19 — 19 #5,126
1995 20 — 20 #4,895
1994 11 — 11 #7,740
1993 19 — 19 #5,070
1992 19 — 19 #5,129
1991 20 — 20 #4,880
1990 17 — 17 #5,378
1989 17 — 17 #5,139
1988 13 — 13 #6,013
1987 11 — 11 #6,482
1986 14 — 14 #5,286
1985 14 — 14 #5,186
1984 11 — 11 #6,059
1983 11 — 11 #5,958
1982 11 — 11 #6,078
1981 8 — 8 #7,666
1980 13 — 13 #5,366
1979 14 — 14 #4,937
1978 13 — 13 #5,062
1977 16 — 16 #4,328
1976 12 — 12 #5,030
1975 15 — 15 #4,257
1974 8 — 8 #6,516
1973 13 — 13 #4,474
1972 12 — 12 #4,672
1971 9 — 9 #5,761
1970 18 — 18 #3,527
1969 18 — 18 #3,275
1968 18 — 18 #3,150
1967 21 — 21 #2,765
1966 19 — 19 #2,920
1965 27 — 27 #2,333
1964 20 — 20 #2,897
1963 38 — 38 #1,920
1962 25 — 25 #2,461
1961 20 — 20 #2,833
1960 37 — 37 #1,886
1959 27 — 27 #2,231
1958 18 — 18 #2,848
1957 22 — 22 #2,483
1956 8 — 8 #4,778
1955 11 — 11 #3,760
1954 11 — 11 #3,711
1953 12 — 12 #3,473
1952 9 — 9 #4,113
1951 6 — 6 #5,356