Alaysha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LAY-sha
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #2,542 for girls
Alaysha is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble”. In 2025 it ranked 2,542nd for girls in the US (69 babies).
What does Alaysha mean?
Germanic: elaboration of Alisha, a form of Alicia (Alice)
“noble”
Alice and Alicia come from Adelaide, Germanic for 'noble kind'.
Is Alaysha a girl's or a boy's name?
Alaysha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 69 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alaysha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,542nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 69 about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 69 girls in the US were named Alaysha, making it the 2,542nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,777th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 109 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.
2025 had more girls named Alaysha than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Alaysha in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alaysha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 69 | #2,542 |
| 2024 | 42 | #3,639 |
| 2023 | 51 | #3,181 |
| 2022 | 43 | #3,593 |
| 2021 | 40 | #3,734 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,777 |
| 2019 | 49 | #3,221 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 45 | #3,435 |
| 2016 | 50 | #3,229 |
| 2015 | 45 | #3,478 |
| 2014 | 45 | #3,484 |
| 2013 | 42 | #3,643 |
| 2012 | 53 | #3,133 |
| 2011 | 51 | #3,221 |
| 2010 | 66 | #2,691 |
| 2009 | 80 | #2,395 |
| 2008 | 59 | #2,956 |
| 2007 | 89 | #2,213 |
| 2006 | 79 | #2,375 |
| 2005 | 72 | #2,432 |
| 2004 | 62 | #2,648 |
| 2003 | 78 | #2,200 |
| 2002 | 93 | #1,895 |
| 2001 | 109 | #1,658 |
| 2000 | 89 | #1,896 |
| 1999 | 77 | #2,015 |
| 1998 | 50 | #2,688 |
| 1997 | 46 | #2,692 |
| 1996 | 27 | #3,937 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,252 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
Names like Alaysha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Safa, Amira, Zahara, Aliya, Zaira, Zamira, Hadassah, Zaniyah, Samira, Safiya, Salma
Names related to Alaysha
Alyssa, Alisha, Alaysia, Alysha, Alysia, Aleysha, Alasia, Alesha
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alaysha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alaysha, updated 20 October 2026.