Alesha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LEE-sha
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Alesha is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble kind”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Alesha mean?
Germanic: spelling of Alisha, a form of Alicia
“noble kind”
A respelling of Alicia, the Latinised form of Alice.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Alesha a girl's or a boy's name?
Alesha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alesha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 77% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Alesha, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 796th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 463 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the fewest girls named Alesha since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Alesha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 139 girls in the UK were given Alesha or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #358, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Alesha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 19 | #1,666 |
| 2022 | 20 | #1,591 |
| 2021 | 22 | #1,491 |
| 2020 | 51 | #796 |
| 2019 | 39 | #981 |
| 2018 | 61 | #714 |
| 2017 | 79 | #597 |
| 2016 | 77 | #598 |
| 2015 | 106 | #461 |
| 2014 | 105 | #458 |
| 2013 | 146 | #353 |
| 2012 | 195 | #285 |
| 2011 | 248 | #228 |
| 2010 | 305 | #192 |
| 2009 | 463 | #133 |
| 2008 | 308 | #196 |
| 2007 | 194 | #276 |
| 2006 | 185 | #282 |
| 2005 | 116 | #378 |
| 2004 | 103 | #396 |
| 2003 | 111 | #367 |
| 2002 | 78 | #458 |
| 2001 | 40 | #701 |
| 2000 | 23 | #1,016 |
| 1999 | 36 | #722 |
| 1998 | 24 | #981 |
| 1997 | 29 | #854 |
| 1996 | 23 | #958 |
How popular is Alesha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Alesha, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 1990, with 306 girls. It first appears in the records in 1959.
2025 had fewer girls named Alesha than any year since 1962.
Half of all the girls named Alesha in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 267 girls in the US were given Alesha or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #891, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.
Alesha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 36 | #4,065 |
| 2016 | 32 | #4,422 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,914 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 43 | #3,643 |
| 2011 | 38 | #3,915 |
| 2010 | 53 | #3,122 |
| 2009 | 60 | #2,891 |
| 2008 | 78 | #2,441 |
| 2007 | 78 | #2,418 |
| 2006 | 66 | #2,701 |
| 2005 | 74 | #2,375 |
| 2004 | 92 | #1,997 |
| 2003 | 78 | #2,200 |
| 2002 | 98 | #1,819 |
| 2001 | 114 | #1,610 |
| 2000 | 121 | #1,509 |
| 1999 | 121 | #1,440 |
| 1998 | 153 | #1,203 |
| 1997 | 171 | #1,095 |
| 1996 | 201 | #956 |
| 1995 | 207 | #908 |
| 1994 | 258 | #790 |
| 1993 | 256 | #793 |
| 1992 | 261 | #780 |
| 1991 | 298 | #709 |
| 1990 | 306 | #692 |
| 1989 | 298 | #680 |
| 1988 | 285 | #680 |
| 1987 | 265 | #692 |
| 1986 | 231 | #750 |
| 1985 | 244 | #709 |
| 1984 | 282 | #629 |
| 1983 | 244 | #697 |
| 1982 | 220 | #753 |
| 1981 | 208 | #784 |
| 1980 | 239 | #710 |
| 1979 | 230 | #722 |
| 1978 | 151 | #936 |
| 1977 | 151 | #926 |
| 1976 | 127 | #997 |
| 1975 | 142 | #915 |
| 1974 | 97 | #1,165 |
| 1973 | 107 | #1,074 |
| 1972 | 80 | #1,280 |
| 1971 | 73 | #1,427 |
| 1970 | 74 | #1,407 |
| 1969 | 56 | #1,591 |
| 1968 | 34 | #2,056 |
| 1967 | 28 | #2,272 |
| 1966 | 38 | #1,859 |
| 1965 | 30 | #2,154 |
| 1964 | 26 | #2,411 |
| 1963 | 18 | #2,959 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,183 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
Names like Alesha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aisha Amira Summer Khadija Aaliyah Amina Alyssa Safa Halima Aliya Aysha Maya
Other spellings of Alesha
Names related to Alesha
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, “Alesha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alesha, updated 20 October 2026.