How rare is the name Alesia?

6,397 people in the United States have the first name Alesia, about 1 in 47,215. It ranks #3,319 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ALESIA

#3,319

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,397
About
1 in 47,215
This common or more
82.1%
Who bears it

Of the 6,397 people named Alesia, 46.6% reported their origin as White, 38.6% as Black and 8.9% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Alesia peaked in 1963, when 455 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19472025
Peak year
1963
Births that year
455
In 2025*
32 ▼93%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 7,544 babies have been given the name since 1947. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Alesia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #966. The largest share of babies named Alesia, 33.1%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1940s#8,19731
1950s#2,466474
1960s#9663,304
1970s#2,612609
1980s#2,0061,164
1990s#2,936868
2000s#4,734600
2010s#7,445333
2020s#8,506161
Baby boom 1946–6433.1%
Generation X 1965–8026.4%
Millennials 1981–9623.1%
Generation Z 1997–1212.3%
2013 and later5.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Alesia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Alesia has been most common in Alabama (3.6×), Georgia (2.5×), and North Carolina (2.1×), and least common in New Jersey (0.34×).

4,474 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Alesia, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Alesia ranks #95,461 of 156,621, with 205 people. See Alesia as a last name

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