Aleesha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LEE-sha
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
Aleesha is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble kind”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies).
What does Aleesha mean?
Germanic: spelling of Alesha, itself a spelling of Alisha, a form of Alicia
“noble kind”
A respelling of Alicia, the Latinised form of Alice.
Meaning borrowed from Alesha. More on Wiktionary.
Is Aleesha a girl's or a boy's name?
Aleesha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aleesha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,856among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Aleesha, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 226 girls.
Half of all the girls named Aleesha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 139 girls in the UK were given Aleesha or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #358, up from #2,856 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Aleesha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,958 |
| 2018 | 14 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 17 | #1,853 |
| 2015 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 2014 | 18 | #1,722 |
| 2013 | 29 | #1,261 |
| 2012 | 50 | #831 |
| 2011 | 46 | #858 |
| 2010 | 45 | #853 |
| 2009 | 61 | #663 |
| 2008 | 75 | #554 |
| 2007 | 92 | #474 |
| 2006 | 129 | #364 |
| 2005 | 226 | #232 |
| 2004 | 62 | #560 |
| 2003 | 46 | #675 |
| 2002 | 42 | #689 |
| 2001 | 19 | #1,155 |
| 2000 | 25 | #954 |
| 1999 | 25 | #947 |
| 1998 | 24 | #981 |
| 1997 | 25 | #940 |
| 1996 | 24 | #924 |
How popular is Aleesha in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1992, with 90 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the girls named Aleesha in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aleesha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 35 | #4,359 |
| 2007 | 49 | #3,376 |
| 2006 | 46 | #3,468 |
| 2005 | 34 | #4,114 |
| 2004 | 37 | #3,815 |
| 2003 | 40 | #3,528 |
| 2002 | 44 | #3,192 |
| 2001 | 47 | #3,005 |
| 2000 | 48 | #2,936 |
| 1999 | 58 | #2,468 |
| 1998 | 62 | #2,276 |
| 1997 | 80 | #1,842 |
| 1996 | 87 | #1,720 |
| 1995 | 88 | #1,665 |
| 1994 | 85 | #1,723 |
| 1993 | 65 | #2,085 |
| 1992 | 90 | #1,669 |
| 1991 | 86 | #1,696 |
| 1990 | 86 | #1,697 |
| 1989 | 87 | #1,596 |
| 1988 | 64 | #1,907 |
| 1987 | 55 | #2,023 |
| 1986 | 42 | #2,383 |
| 1985 | 38 | #2,544 |
| 1984 | 39 | #2,420 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,108 |
| 1982 | 23 | #3,529 |
| 1981 | 31 | #2,847 |
| 1980 | 26 | #3,215 |
| 1979 | 40 | #2,343 |
| 1978 | 21 | #3,512 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,234 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 18 | #3,636 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
Names like Aleesha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Amira Safa Aisha Summer Khadija Halima Aysha Aliya Hiba Habiba Safiya
Other spellings of Aleesha
Names related to Aleesha
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Aleesha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aleesha, updated 20 October 2026.