Given name

Kalesha

Kalesha is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Kalesha isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Kalesha through the years

Babies since 1880
272
0 boys · 272 girls
Most popular year
1992
22 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
051015198020002025Highest share 19920.0
Kalesha in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1977–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 22 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 250 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Similar names

If you love Kalesha, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Kaleesha

“a beautiful and caring woman”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Kasea

“a vigilant woman” · “a vigilant man; one who is alert”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Catria

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Keneasha

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Kanesia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Kadaisha

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Katelynd

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Koressa

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Kalesha’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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