Alesha

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Alesha: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Alesha: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #104 in 2009, and it stood at #2,411 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
57times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#104highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#944
1997	#850
1998	#955
1999	#691
2000	#993
2001	#642
2002	#428
2003	#365
2004	#389
2005	#369
2006	#267
2007	#272
2008	#193
2009	#139
2010	#197
2011	#247
2012	#287
2013	#378
2014	#486
2015	#449
2016	#645
2017	#637
2018	#701
2019	#955
2020	#735
2021	#1454
2022	#1685
2023	#1575
2024	#2411

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2020: #544 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #735 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #944 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2006–2017
Highest recorded position: #104 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2009 (recorded 2006–2017).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2411 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Alesha appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 2,845 births with the name.

Alesha across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Alesha's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#944 (1996)	#139 (2009)	#2411 (2024)	29 of 29	2,845 (1996–2024)	397 (2009)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#576 (2004)	#177 (2009)	#544 (2020)	16 of 17	248 (2004–2020)	34 (2009)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#332 (2006)	#104 (2009)	#215 (2017)	12 of 12	133 (2006–2017)	23 (2009)

Alesha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Alesha in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	104	4 of 10	26
2000sbusiest	1,466	10 of 10	147
2010s	1,157	10 of 10	116
2020s	118	5 of 10	24

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 147 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2009 and 2010, when recorded births fell by 137, from 397 to 260.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Alesha appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #104 in Northern Ireland in 2009.

Alesha's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2411	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1575	19	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1685	17	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1454	21	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#735	50	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#955	37	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#701	57	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#637	65	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#645	65	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#449	96	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#486	87	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#378	118	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#287	168	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#247	204	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#197	260	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#139	397	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#193	274	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#272	177	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#267	174	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#369	109	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#389	98	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#365	101	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#428	75	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#642	40	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#993	21	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#691	34	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#955	22	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#850	26	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#944	22	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#215	8	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#306	5	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#426	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#205	9	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#178	11	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#146	13	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#127	19	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#108	22	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#104	23	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#185	11	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#301	5	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#332	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#544	6	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#396	10	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#390	11	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#316	15	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#336	14	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#315	15	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#213	26	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#207	26	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#194	31	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#177	34	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#230	24	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#296	15	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#431	8	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#461	6	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #104, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 397 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2004, and 10 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Alen · #317, 22y
Alena · #350, 30y
Alesia · #515, 26y
Alesio · #3451, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Lilja · #104, 31y
Cuan · #102, 31y
Eirinn · #102, 26y
Mirren · #106, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Amaya · #104, 29y
Ayaan · #104, 27y
Seren · #104, 30y
Caiden · #103, 29y

Alesha was ranked #104 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2009. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Alesha and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Alesha without appearing here.

Alesha moved ahead of

Kristy Compare
In 2000 they stood at #993 and #876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #642 and #1439.
Stacey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1685 and #1621 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1575 and #2346.
Tracey Compare
In 1996 they stood at #944 and #783 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #850 and #1450.
Denise Compare
In 1998 they stood at #955 and #664 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #691 and #1216.

Moved ahead of Alesha

Marilyn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1575 and #2063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2411 and #1541.
Ingrid Compare
In 2020 they stood at #735 and #765 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1454 and #734.
Dylan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1575 and #1959 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2411 and #1743.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1575 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2411 and #1743.

Moved the opposite way to Alesha

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alesha went from #944 to #2411 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alesha went from #944 to #2411 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alesha went from #944 to #2411 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alesha went from #944 to #2411 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Alesha

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alesha went from #944 to #2411 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alesha went from #944 to #2411 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alesha went from #944 to #2411 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alesha went from #944 to #2411 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #104 in Northern Ireland in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Alesha

Alesha at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Alesha across 3 official records

Alesha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Alesha appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Alesha at a glance

Alesha across 3 official records

Alesha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Alesha appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Alesha

Alesha and the names beside it

Alesha moved ahead of

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