How Many People Are Named Aleesha?

1,902

people named Aleesha are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 179,697 people in the US has this name

Based on 1,942 babies named Aleesha in Social Security records from 1970 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#6,963

πŸ’ŽπŸ’Ž Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#3,889

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Peak Year

1992

90 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

πŸ“– Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English (Rare)
Pronunciation: Ι™-LEE-shΙ™
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Variant of ALICIA.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Same Sound, Other Spellings

These names are pronounced like Aleesha in English. Counting Aleesha and these spellings together, about 301,976 people alive in the US have the name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Aleesha in the records were girls.

πŸ‘₯ Age Distribution

The average person named Aleesha alive today is about 30 years old, and 54% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 23 and 36 in 2025.

Under 30 869
45.7%
30 to 59 1,032
54.3%
60 and over 0
0%

πŸ“ˆ Popularity Over Time

Aleesha first appears in the records in 1970 and was given most often in 1992, to 90 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.

Babies given the name each year, 1970 to 2024

πŸ† Rank History

Aleesha has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,596, in 1989.

Girls
Rank in 2025Not ranked
Best rank#1,596 (1989)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,876 in the 1990s

πŸ“ State-Wise Distribution

People named Aleesha alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Aleesha were born in California than in any other state: about 91 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Aleesha was given 3.8 times as often in Pennsylvania, 2.9 times in Ohio and 1.8 times in New York.

California 91
Pennsylvania 66
New York 53
Ohio 50
Michigan 35
Texas 25
Washington 23
Illinois 23
Wisconsin 13
Indiana 12
Florida 11
New Jersey 7
North Carolina 5
Minnesota 5

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