Girl name#1,645 of girl names
Alesha
Pronounced EY1 L SH AA1 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1990
- 66 years in use
How popular is Alesha?
Alesha is a girls' name, and first appears in 1959. It has been given to 7,540 children — the 1,645th most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 246 births across the past decade, against a peak of 306 in a single year. That peak was in 1990.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- EY1 L SH AA1
- Stress pattern:
- 11
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Alesha
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Alesha
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Alesha?
- Alesha ranks 1,645th among girls' names in US records, with 7,540 births since 1959. Over the past decade it accounts for 246.
- Is Alesha a unisex name?
- No. Alesha is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Alesha most popular?
- 1990, when 306 children were given the name. It has been in use for 66 years and is still recorded as of 2024.