Aleysha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- uh-LEE-shuh
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,066 for girls
Aleysha is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble kind”. In 2025 it ranked 4,066th for girls in the US (35 babies).
What does Aleysha mean?
Germanic: spelling of Alisha, via Alicia and Alice
“noble kind”
Spelling of Alisha, an English form of Alicia, itself a Latinised form of Alice.
Is Aleysha a girl's or a boy's name?
Aleysha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 35 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aleysha in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Aleysha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Aleysha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,502 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Aleysha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,066among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the US were named Aleysha, making it the 4,066th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,914th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 36 girls. It first appears in the records in 1986.
2025 had more girls named Aleysha than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Aleysha in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aleysha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,066 |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,145 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,635 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,914 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,161 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 25 | #5,058 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
Nicknames for Aleysha
Names like Aleysha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Aaliyah Amira Abeeha Hafsa Hiba Khadija Halima Ayla Ayah Ayra Zainab
Names related to Aleysha
Alyssa Alessia Alisha Alesha Alesia Alysia Alysha Aleesha Alessa Alaysha Aleyza
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, “Aleysha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aleysha, updated 20 October 2026.