Alaisha
Feminine
Alaisha is an A- prefix on the -isha ending, and both were productive elements of the same American decades. The -isha ending is one of the highest-output pieces in the whole naming system, and this is one of its later products.
How old is the name Alaisha?
Alaisha first appears in US birth records in 1979 — 46 years ago. The typical Alaisha alive today was born around 2006, making them about 19 years old. About 600 people named Alaisha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Alaisha most popular?
Alaisha peaked in 2003, reaching #3590 nationally. Today it ranks #5554, 1,964 places below that high. See the whole 2003 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Alaisha
There is a stage in every naming system's life where the elements start combining with each other rather than with names. Early on, a prefix attaches to a real name: De- plus Shawn. Later, a prefix attaches to a suffix, and there is no name underneath at all. Alaisha is at that stage — an A- opening, an -aisha ending, and nothing between them that was ever a word. What holds it together is rhythm and a familiar shape: three syllables, stress in the middle, an open vowel at each end. The 2003 peak sits at the late end of the -isha family's run, which had begun in the 1960s and was essentially over by 2005. Late members of a family are always the most assembled ones.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source establishes an etymology. The -isha ending is an American naming element with no documented source, though a connection to Arabic ʿĀʾisha, meaning living, is often proposed and is plausible rather than proved. The A- opening is a productive American prefix. Nothing in the name descends from an older word, and the glosses offered in name books are inventions.
Pronouncing Alaisha
uh-LAY-shuh
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Some families say ah-lah-EE-shah with four, and the spelling supports both.
Nicknames for Alaisha
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1979
- Most girls named
- 200339 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3590reached in 2003
- Change vs 2024
- +22.2%22 in 2025, from 18
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Alaisha in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York.
Alaishas among us
people named Alaisha are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 73,058 born in 2025 was named Alaisha
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Alaisha
- #5554
- Alaisha on the 2025 chart
- #869
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Alaisha went to 22 girls in 2025, but Alaysha is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 91, which makes it the 869th most-given girls’ name of the year — 4,685 places above the chart.
- Alaysha69
- Alaisha22
About 1 girl in 17,662 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 73,058 for Alaisha itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Frannie test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Alaisha's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Frannie climbed just as high around 1962, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Frannie's path sketches the road Alaisha is walking now.
Alaisha sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Alaisha beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Alaisha in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Aisha sits inside it as a genuine and established name.
- The vowels are open and there is no difficult consonant.
- It reads immediately as a name of its era.
- There is no meaning behind it to give a child.
- Alaisha, Aleisha, Alisha and Aliesha are four spellings of nearly one sound.
- It is closely dated to the 1990s and early 2000s.
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Frequently asked
- How many Alaishas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Alaisha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Alaisha?
- Alaisha is one of 2 recorded spellings. Alaysha is the more common one — 69 births in 2025 against 22 for Alaisha.
- How popular is the name Alaisha in 2025?
- Alaisha ranks #5554 among US girl names in 2025, with 22 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Alaisha?
- About 1 in every 73,058 US girls born in 2025 was named Alaisha — 22 in all.
- Will my child share the name Alaisha with classmates?
- Alaisha will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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