Alesana
Alesana is an American post-hardcore band from Raleigh, North Carolina. The group was founded by Shawn Milke, Dennis Lee, Patrick Thompson, Steven Tomany and Daniel Magnuson during the fall of 2004, and is currently signed to Revival Recordings and Artery Recordings. In total, Alesana has released five full-length studio albums and three EPs.
Meaning & Origin of Alesana
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Alesana is an American post-hardcore band from Raleigh, North Carolina. The group was founded by Shawn Milke, Dennis Lee, Patrick Thompson, Steven Tomany and Daniel Magnuson during the fall of 2004, and is currently signed to Revival Recordings and Artery Recordings. In total, Alesana has released five full-length studio albums and three EPs.
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The Story of Alesana
American parents first put Alesana on the record books as a baby girl name in 2008, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2012, when 30 Alesanas were born — ranking #4,707 that year. About 65% of every Alesana on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Alesana ranks #7,015 for baby girls with 15 births, gradually falling (-14%). All told, over 350 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Alesana
Alesana is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2008 and has accumulated 350 births in the dataset. Alesana's peak popularity came in 2012 when it ranked #4,707. Use the chart and map above to compare Alesana's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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