Alesha

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Alesha Dixon

British singer, rapper and dancer

Choose Alesha and your child shares a first name with Alesha Dixon, a British singer, rapper and dancer. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Alesha, like who?” Alesha Dixon's Wikipedia article is available in 47 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 123,457 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Alesha, 13 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Alesha would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryAlesha first shows up in US birth records in 1959, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 66 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1984, when it ranked #629. Today it's #7,885, so it could be due a comeback.
• 📉Then vs nowAlesha was 8.2× more common in 2000 than it is today. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 15,015 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 123,457.
• 🍂TrendAlesha has slipped 1,560 places over the last five years and now sits at #7,885. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 💬MeaningAlesha is an English form of Alicia, which means “noble kind”. Our records link it to English, French and German roots.

About the name Alesha

Alesha is a girl name of English, French and German origin meaning “noble kind”. It has 6 letters and 3 syllables, starting with A and ending in “-sha”. US birth records list Alesha for girls from 1959 to 2025, in 67 of those 67 years. Its best year was 1984, when it ranked #629 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #7,885, with 13 babies.

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