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Alaysha

Feminine

1987high 2001
#2542 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare69 girls in 2025

Alaysha joins an A- front to a -ysha ending, and it belongs to a documented American naming family.

How old is the name Alaysha?

Alaysha first appears in US birth records in 1987 — 38 years ago. The typical Alaysha alive today was born around 2007, making them about 18 years old. About 1,900 people named Alaysha are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Alaysha most popular?

Alaysha peaked in 2001, reaching #1660 nationally. Today it ranks #2542, 882 places below that high. See the whole 2001 chart.

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Where it comes from

Our story of Alaysha

Our story of Alaysha is a story of an ending with a documented decade. The -sha and -isha endings rose in American girls' naming through the 1970s and 1980s — Keisha, Latasha, Alysha, Alaysha — built from fronts and endings rather than from older words. Alaysha appears in the registers in that period. It descends from its neighbors, which is a real if short pedigree.

Meaningnot established

Not established

No documented etymology. It is a modern American coinage on the A- front and -sha ending, alongside Alysha, Latasha and Keisha. Attributions to older languages are not supported. Honest sources record it as a coinage.

Pronouncing Alaysha

uh-LAY-shuh

Three syllables, stress in the middle. All the spellings of the sound are said identically.

Nicknames for Alaysha

Moderate

AlyThe front of the name, and a short form with real modern currency
ShaThe back sound alone, used inside families rather than generally
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1987–20251095501096919872025

US babies named Alaysha per year from 1987 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#16601980s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1987
Most girls named
2001109 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1660reached in 2001
Change vs 2024
+64.3%69 in 2025, from 42
Alaysha sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2001, with 109 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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.

Alaysha in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Alysha in English — spelling variant
  • Aleisha in English — spelling variant

Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Florida, Texas.

Alayshas among us

1,900

people named Alaysha are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 23,294 born in 2025 was named Alaysha

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Alaysha

#2542
Alaysha on the 2025 chart
#869
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Alaysha went to 69 girls in 2025, but Alaisha 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 — 1,673 places above the chart.

About 1 girl in 17,662 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 23,294 for Alaysha 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

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Is it right for you

The Gael test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Alaysha's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Gael climbed just as high around 1945, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Gael's path sketches the road Alaysha is walking now.

40%chance Alaysha will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Alaysha, aligned on its peakGael· peak 1945not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-20 yrs+70 yrsGael · #12605Alaysha today
Alaysha today is about where Gael stood in 1969 — 24 years past a #1660-sized peak. Within 15 years, Gael had drifted out of the mainstream charts.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Alaysha 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

Where Alaysha is headed

19872030

US babies named Alaysha per year, 1987 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Alaysha should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady+3% by 2030projected around #2,603 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Alaysha beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Alaysha in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Alayshathis name69#2542Lennie69#2542Primrose69#2542Atarah69#2542Lynn69#2542

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • Aly is available as a short form with real currency.
  • Three syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
  • It records a real American naming tradition.
What to consider
  • There is no documented meaning.
  • At least four spellings of the sound are in circulation.
  • It is period-coded to the 1980s and 1990s.

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Frequently asked

How many Alayshas are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,900 people named Alaysha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Alaysha?
Alaysha is the most-used spelling in US records — 69 of the 91 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Alaisha.
How popular is the name Alaysha in 2025?
Alaysha ranks #2542 among US girl names in 2025, with 69 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Alaysha?
About 1 in every 23,294 US girls born in 2025 was named Alaysha — 69 in all.
Will my child share the name Alaysha with classmates?
Alaysha will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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Lennie#2542 · Primrose#2542 · Atarah#2542 · Lynn#2542 · Taelyn#2542 · Eliyana#2542 · Ania#2542 · Hinda#2542

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