girls' name ★ peaked 2015

Alessandra

Meaning Borrowed from Italian Alessandra Gender Girl Rank 2025 #443 Trend ↓ Falling 20%

Borrowed from Italian Alessandra.

Rank 2025
#443
among girls · ↓17 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
697
named Alessandra · -4% vs 2024
How common
1 in 2,306
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2015
1,141 babies
All-time total
24,836
#924 all-time among girls
First recorded
1943
in Social Security records

Alessandra popularity over time

24,836 babies have been named Alessandra since 1943, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.190.380.560.7518801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2015Girls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – –
1890s – – – –
1900s – – – –
1910s – – – –
1920s – – – –
1930s – – – –
1940s 17 2 – #4,426
1950s 51 5 +200% #3,438
1960s 177 18 +247% #1,975
1970s 335 34 +89% #1,885
1980s 1,135 114 +239% #829
1990s 2,518 252 +122% #723
2000s 5,989 599 +138% #361
2010s 9,951 995 +66% #276
2020s (to 2025) 4,663 777 -22% #368

Where Alessandra is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 671 0.42 #461
2027 649 0.40 #474
2028 632 0.39 #482
2029 617 0.38 #487
2030 605 0.38 #490

Where Alessandra is most popular

Girls named Alessandra per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.471 per 1,000. Strongest in New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Alessandra born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
New Mexico 36 1.48 +214%
Arizona 172 1.23 +160%
Texas 806 1.00 +113%
California 840 0.999 +112%
Connecticut 52 0.894 +90%
District of Columbia 10 0.844 +79%
New Jersey 152 0.842 +79%
Florida 334 0.781 +66%
New York 271 0.684 +45%
Nevada 29 0.624 +33%
Massachusetts 65 0.538 +14%
Illinois 116 0.507 +8%
Colorado 51 0.457 ≈ national
Washington 61 0.422 -10%
Virginia 71 0.417 -12%
Rhode Island 5 0.399 -15%
Oregon 23 0.353 -25%
Maryland 37 0.349 -26%
North Carolina 76 0.334 -29%
Pennsylvania 75 0.317 -33%
Georgia 71 0.313 -34%
Utah 24 0.288 -39%
Michigan 51 0.280 -41%
Louisiana 21 0.240 -49%
Indiana 32 0.228 -52%
Ohio 53 0.223 -53%
Nebraska 6 0.167 -65%
Tennessee 25 0.158 -66%
Oklahoma 10 0.136 -71%
Wisconsin 13 0.126 -73%
South Carolina 10 0.111 -76%
Missouri 13 0.108 -77%
Arkansas 5 0.095 -80%
Alabama 7 0.075 -84%
Minnesota 6 0.056 -88%
Alaska – – –
Delaware – – –
Hawaii – – –
Iowa – – –
Idaho – – –
Kansas – – –
Kentucky – – –
Maine – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
New Hampshire – – –
South Dakota – – –
Vermont – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Alessandra

Alessandra is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #443 in 2025 with 697 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.

Since 1943, 24,836 American babies have been named Alessandra. Its peak came in 2015, when 1,141 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2010s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Alessandra stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Alessandra?

The median living Alessandra is about 13 years old; half are between 7 and 21. An estimated 25 thousand people named Alessandra are alive in the United States today.

median 13 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Alessandra year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank
2025 697 #443
2024 724 #426
2023 788 #390
2022 822 #380
2021 789 #403
2020 843 #368
2019 1,003 #320
2018 1,009 #324
2017 1,036 #315
2016 1,070 #305
2015 1,141 #276
2014 1,082 #301
2013 1,065 #301
2012 923 #344
2011 792 #398
2010 830 #386
2009 658 #471
2008 785 #408
2007 858 #384
2006 897 #361
2005 664 #457
2004 569 #509
2003 459 #596
2002 394 #643
2001 346 #710
2000 359 #672
1995 253 #787
1990 237 #827
1985 111 #1,232
1980 43 #2,281
1975 33 #2,411
1970 29 #2,522
1965 17 #3,053
1960 16 #3,095
1955 8 #4,378
1950 6 #4,744
1945 – –
1940 – –
1935 – –
1930 – –
1925 – –
1920 – –
1915 – –
1910 – –
1905 – –
1900 – –
1895 – –
1890 – –
1885 – –
1880 – –

Famous people named Alessandra

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Alessandra Mussolini Alessandra Mussolini Italian politician (born 1962) Contemporary
  2. 2 Alessandra Ambrosio Alessandra Ambrosio Brazilian model (born 1981) Contemporary
  3. 3 Alessandra Torresani Alessandra Torresani American actress (born 1987) Contemporary
  4. 4 Alessandra Mastronardi Alessandra Mastronardi Italian actress (born 1986) Contemporary
  5. 5 Alessandra Amoroso Alessandra Amoroso Italian singer (born 1986) Contemporary
  6. 6 Alessandra Panaro Alessandra Panaro Italian actress (1939–2019) Contemporary
  7. 7 Alessandra Giliani Alessandra Giliani Italian anatomist 1307–1326 · Medieval
  8. 8 Alessandra Sensini Alessandra Sensini Italian windsurfer b. 1970 · Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Alessandra, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Alessandra?

The median living Alessandra is about 13 years old. Half of all living Alessandras are between 7 and 21 years old.

How many people named Alessandra are alive today?

An estimated 25 thousand people named Alessandra are alive in the United States, based on 24,836 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Alessandra mean?

Borrowed from Italian Alessandra.

How popular is the name Alessandra in 2025?

Alessandra ranked #443 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 697 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Alessandra?

24,836 babies have been named Alessandra in the United States since 1943, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Alessandra most popular?

Alessandra peaked in 2015, when 1,141 newborns received the name.

Is Alessandra a boy or girl name?

Alessandra is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Alessandra rising or falling?

Alessandra is declining, less popular now than a decade ago.

Will Alessandra become more popular?

Alessandra is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 605 girls named Alessandra in 2030, which would rank around #490. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Alessandra?

Well-known people named Alessandra include Alessandra Mussolini (politician), Alessandra Ambrosio (model), Alessandra Torresani (actor).

Names like Alessandra

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