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Aleysha

Feminine

1986high 2020
#4067 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare35 girls in 2025

Aleysha is a spelling that sits between Alicia and Aisha — one from a Germanic root about nobility, the other Arabic for one who lives.

How old is the name Aleysha?

Aleysha first appears in US birth records in 1986 — 39 years ago. The typical Aleysha alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 600 people named Aleysha are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Aleysha most popular?

Aleysha peaked in 2020, reaching #3915 nationally. Today it ranks #4067, 152 places below that high. See the whole 2020 chart.

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Where it comes from

Our story of Aleysha

Ours, offered as ours. Two very different names meet at this sound. Adelheid was a Frankish compound meaning noble kind, which Norman French wore down through Adelice to Alice and Alicia. Aisha is Arabic for one who lives, and belonged to the Prophet's youngest wife, who transmitted a substantial body of hadith and led an army. American naming reached Aleysha without needing to choose, and both ancestors are worth naming.

Meaningscholars disagree

Not established

Alicia descends from Adelheid, Germanic adal, noble. Arabic Aisha means living or alive and belonged to the Prophet's wife. The modern spelling can be read as either and neither is documented for it.

Pronouncing Aleysha

uh-LEE-shah

Three syllables with the stress in the middle. Some families say uh-LAY-shah.

Nicknames for Aleysha

Moderate

AleyThe front of the name
LeyshaTakes the back of the name
LeeA contracted form
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1986–202536180363519862025

US babies named Aleysha per year from 1986 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#39151980s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1986
Most girls named
202036 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#3915reached in 2020
Change vs 2024
+40.0%35 in 2025, from 25
Aleysha sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2020, with 36 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.

Aleysha in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Alicia in English — related form
  • Aisha in Arabic — related form
  • Aleisha in English — spelling variant

Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts.

Aleyshas among us

600

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

About 1 girl in 45,922 born in 2025 was named Aleysha

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

Spellings of Aleysha

#4067
Aleysha on the 2025 chart
#911
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Aleysha went to 35 girls in 2025, but Aleisha is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 49, which makes it the 911th most-given girls’ name of the year — 3,156 places above the chart.

About 1 girl in 32,801 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 45,922 for Aleysha 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 Aryan test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Aleysha's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Aryan climbed just as high around 1998, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Aryan's path sketches the road Aleysha is walking now.

40%chance Aleysha will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Aleysha, aligned on its peakAryan· peak 1998not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+30 yrsAryan · #8583Aleysha today
Aleysha today is about where Aryan stood in 2003 — 5 years past a #3914-sized peak. By 2018, Aryan had settled around #5015.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Aleysha 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 Aleysha is headed

19862030

US babies named Aleysha per year, 1986 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Aleysha should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.

Steady+3% by 2030projected around #4,089 in 2030

Low 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.

Aleysha beside its neighbors

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

Aleyshathis name35#4067Eli35#4067Peace35#4067Medina35#4067Darlin35#4067

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • Two real and very old traditions stand behind the sound.
  • Open vowels make it easy to say in most languages.
  • Read correctly on sight by most English speakers.
What to consider
  • The middle vowel is unsettled between LEE and LAY.
  • Aleysha, Aleisha, Alisha and Alicia are all in use and none but Alicia is common.
  • The two possible sources mean entirely different things.

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Frequently asked

How many Aleyshas 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 Aleysha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Aleysha?
Aleysha is the most-used spelling in US records — 35 of the 49 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Aleisha.
How popular is the name Aleysha in 2025?
Aleysha ranks #4067 among US girl names in 2025, with 35 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Aleysha?
About 1 in every 45,922 US girls born in 2025 was named Aleysha — 35 in all.
Will my child share the name Aleysha with classmates?
Aleysha will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Aleysha

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Eli#4067 · Peace#4067 · Medina#4067 · Darlin#4067 · Anja#4067 · Sparrow#4067 · Liani#4067 · Salina#4067

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