Alysha
Feminine · “of noble kind”
Alysha is one of many American spellings of Alicia, and Alicia is a Latinized form of Alice — which came from a Germanic compound about nobility by way of Norman French.
How old is the name Alysha?
Alysha first appears in US birth records in 1965 — 60 years ago. The typical Alysha alive today was born around 1993, making them about 32 years old. About 9,400 people named Alysha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Alysha most popular?
Alysha peaked in 1990, reaching #410 nationally. Today it ranks #3459, 3,049 places below that high. See the whole 1990 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Adalheidis to Alysha
The story of Alysha
Adalheidis was a tenth-century empress and saint, and her name was shortened across Europe in every direction — Alice in France and England, Adelheid in Germany, Aleida in the Low Countries. Alicia is the Latin form used in charters, and it re-entered English use in the nineteenth century. Twentieth-century America respelled it freely: Alisha, Alysha, Aleesha and Alicia all appear, said almost identically.
Meaning
of noble kind
From Germanic adal, noble, and heid, a kind or sort — the same compound behind Adelaide. Norman French shortened Adelheidis to Aalis and English took it as Alice; Alicia is the medieval Latin form of the same.
How the name formed
- Adalheidis
- Alice
- Alicia
- Alysha
Related forms: Alicia · Alice · Adelheid · Alicia
Pronouncing Alysha
uh-LEE-shah
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. Some families say uh-LISH-ah.
Nicknames for Alysha
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
- 1965
- Most girls named
- 1989590 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #410reached in 1990
- Change vs 2024
- −6.4%44 in 2025, from 47
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.
Alysha in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Alicia in English — spelling variant
- Alice in French — related form
- Adelheid in German — related form
- Alicia in Spanish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, New York, California.
Alyshas among us
people named Alysha are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 36,529 born in 2025 was named Alysha
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Alysha
- #3459
- Alysha on the 2025 chart
- #729
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Alysha went to 44 girls in 2025, but Alisha and Alishah are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 233, which makes it the 729th most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,730 places above the chart.
- Alisha183
- Alysha44
- Alishah6
About 1 girl in 6,898 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 36,529 for Alysha 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 Denice test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Alysha's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Denice climbed just as high around 1954, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Denice's path sketches the road Alysha is walking now.
Alysha 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 Alysha is headed
Alysha should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
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.
Alysha beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Alysha in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning with a documented line back to a tenth-century empress.
- Ally is a plain short form that works at any age.
- Read correctly on sight by most English speakers.
- Alicia and Alisha are both more written and the spelling will be asked for constantly.
- The middle vowel is unsettled between LEE and LISH.
- It is strongly associated with a particular decade of American naming.
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Frequently asked
- How many Alyshas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 9,400 people named Alysha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Alysha?
- Alysha is one of 3 recorded spellings. Alisha is the more common one — 183 births in 2025 against 44 for Alysha.
- How popular is the name Alysha in 2025?
- Alysha ranks #3459 among US girl names in 2025, with 44 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Alysha?
- About 1 in every 36,529 US girls born in 2025 was named Alysha — 44 in all.
- Will my child share the name Alysha with classmates?
- Alysha will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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