Alaysha
Meaning
a modern coinage read as a variant of Alicia; on US birth records since 1987 and, in 2025, one of the Dominican Republic's ten most-registered girls' names
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Alaysha peaked in the 2000s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
See Alaysha in official records · Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
18 babies named Alaysha born since 1998 · charted as share per 10,000 births on record that year
First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City and Argentina: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
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