Aleisha

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 35 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
35
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Aleisha by the numbers

Aleisha was given to 35 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 122 babies in 1989, making it a 1980s name.

What we can tell you about Aleisha

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Aleisha. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Alishanoble, exalted; a form of Alicia113 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aleshanoble; variant of alicia or alexa36 in the US (2017)
  • Aleigha170 in the US (2017)
  • Aleysha21 in the US (2017)
  • Alaisha18 in the US (2017)
  • Aleesha9 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Aleisha

Names that are said the same way as Aleisha, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Alyshaa form of Alicia; noble natured7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alaysha44 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Aleisha

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