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.

Alesha

#1,922 most common girls' name of all time · #3,296 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1959–2025

Rank among girls
#1,922
Rank overall
#3,296 of 105,966
First appeared
1959
Years on the list
67 of 146
All-time
7,553
Since 2016
221
Peak year
1990 #695
Best rank
#629 1984
Girls Boys peak 306/yr
1960198020002020

Alesha first appears in 1959. 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
2025 13 13 #7,996
2024 15 15 #7,353
2023 14 14 #7,732
2022 18 18 #6,526
2021 20 20 #6,019
2020 18 18 #6,405
2019 27 27 #4,952
2018 28 28 #4,791
2017 36 36 #4,091
2016 32 32 #4,453
2015 38 38 #3,940
2014 26 26 #5,205
2013 27 27 #5,050
2012 43 43 #3,666
2011 38 38 #3,947
2010 53 53 #3,138
2009 60 60 #2,907
2008 78 78 #2,452
2007 78 78 #2,424
2006 66 66 #2,715
2005 74 74 #2,387
2004 92 92 #2,007
2003 78 78 #2,213
2002 98 98 #1,831
2001 114 114 #1,615
2000 121 121 #1,513
1999 121 121 #1,445
1998 153 153 #1,208
1997 171 171 #1,100
1996 201 201 #960
1995 207 207 #912
1994 258 258 #792
1993 256 256 #794
1992 261 261 #783
1991 298 298 #710
1990 306 306 #695
1989 298 6 304 #682
1988 285 285 #680
1987 265 265 #695
1986 231 231 #757
1985 244 244 #710
1984 282 282 #629
1983 244 244 #700
1982 220 220 #755
1981 208 208 #784
1980 239 239 #711
1979 230 230 #724
1978 151 151 #938
1977 151 151 #931
1976 127 127 #998
1975 142 142 #915
1974 97 97 #1,168
1973 107 107 #1,082
1972 80 80 #1,287
1971 73 73 #1,444
1970 74 74 #1,420
1969 56 56 #1,607
1968 34 34 #2,087
1967 28 28 #2,325
1966 38 38 #1,881
1965 30 30 #2,203
1964 26 26 #2,473
1963 18 18 #3,063
1962 10 10 #4,515
1961 7 7 #5,795
1960 10 10 #4,428
1959 5 5 #7,058