Jaleesa
Jaleesa is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. Its best rank was 345th, in 1988.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1988718 births
- Best rank
- #345in 1988
- Since 1987
- 3,261people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,261 girls have been named Jaleesa in the United States since 1987, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1988, with 718 births.
The name has all but left use: 6 births in 2024, against 718 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1990, and the 1980s alone account for 43%. It has spent 5 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1988, its biggest year
Jaleesa was the 345th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1988 were Jessica, Ashley, Amanda, Sarah and Jennifer. See all of 1988.
Names that rose and fell with Jaleesa
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Phyliciapeak 1987
- Whittneypeak 1986
- Cherellepeak 1986
- Shardaepeak 1986
- Krystinapeak 1987
- Whitneypeak 1986
- Brittaneypeak 1989
- Brittenypeak 1989
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.