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Girl name

Eleshia

100% girls · last recorded 1997

Eleshia has been given to about 160 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1978, which makes it a boomer-era name.

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Living in the US≈ 153
Median age today45 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Eleshia per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year1978 · 11
  • Born in 20250
  • All time160

How popular is Eleshia?

Its best year was 1978, when 11 babies were given the name, ranking 5662nd. The typical living American called Eleshia is about 45 years old today.

Names that sound like Eleshia

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Alessia0.75
  2. Alesia0.75
  3. Keshia0.75
  4. Elysia0.75
  5. Elisha0.69
  6. Emelia0.68
  7. Felecia0.68
  8. Lakeshia0.68

Middle names for Eleshia

Ranked by flow score
  1. Eleshia Rose0.89
  2. Eleshia Louise0.89
  3. Eleshia June0.88
  4. Eleshia Pearl0.88
  5. Eleshia Quinn0.88
  6. Eleshia Nell0.88

Sibling names for Eleshia

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Jamieeither · 0.60
  2. Christinasister · 0.59
  3. Aprilsister · 0.59
  4. Jeremybrother · 0.58
  5. Melissasister · 0.57
  6. Jaimeeither · 0.56

Where Eleshia is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Eleshia White0.84
    2. Eleshia Reyes0.84
    3. Eleshia Nguyen0.84
    4. Eleshia Moore0.84
    5. Eleshia Lee0.84
    6. Eleshia Hill0.84

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Eleshia

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.