Aleisha

Meaning & origin

Aleisha first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1961, during a period when creative spellings of established names were becoming increasingly fashionable. The name saw its peak popularity in 1988, reflecting the broader trend of names like Alicia and Alisha rising in the 1980s. Since that peak year, usage has steadily declined, and by 2025 the name ranked 7,491, with an estimated incidence of 1 in 114,805 births. The trajectory indicates a falling pattern over the past three decades. Aleisha remains a distinctive choice, primarily associated with American naming practices of the late 20th century.

Aleisha is a modern English spelling variant of Alicia, which itself derives from the Germanic name Adalheidis via the French Alice. The name emerged in the English-speaking world in the mid-20th century as part of a trend of creative respellings and -isha suffix names. Its earliest recorded usage in U.S. Social Security data is 1961, and it gained modest popularity in the 1980s, peaking in 1988.