# Aleesha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aleesha/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,942 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,942 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,102, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 23 | 5,783 |
| 2011 | 19 | 6,575 |
| 2012 | 20 | 6,353 |
| 2013 | 15 | 7,762 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10,167 |
| 2015 | 12 | 8,966 |
| 2016 | 12 | 8,908 |
| 2017 | 13 | 8,316 |
| 2018 | 10 | 9,845 |
| 2019 | 8 | 11,408 |
| 2020 | 8 | 11,146 |
| 2021 | 7 | 12,269 |
| 2022 | 5 | 15,418 |
| 2023 | 13 | 8,083 |
| 2024 | 10 | 9,588 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 45 | 817 |
| 2012 | 48 | 801 |
| 2013 | 26 | 1,291 |
| 2014 | 18 | 1,628 |
| 2015 | 21 | 1,497 |
| 2016 | 16 | 1,834 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,502 |
| 2018 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2019 | 13 | 2,040 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,788 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.