Baby Names US
girls' name ★ peaked 2024

Alessia

Meaning Borrowed from Italian Alessia Gender Girl Rank 2025 #326 Trend ↑ Rising 82%

Borrowed from Italian Alessia.

Rank 2025
#326
among girls · ↓44 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
937
named Alessia · -16% vs 2024
How common
1 in 1,715
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2024
1,122 babies
All-time total
10,179
#1,648 all-time among girls
First recorded
1967
in Social Security records

Alessia popularity over time

10,179 babies have been named Alessia since 1967, 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 2024Girls

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 – – – –
1950s – – – –
1960s 9 1 – #4,629
1970s 20 2 +122% #6,706
1980s 140 14 +600% #4,169
1990s 422 42 +201% #2,146
2000s 1,206 121 +186% #1,374
2010s 3,080 308 +155% #509
2020s (to 2025) 5,302 884 +187% #282

Where Alessia 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 1,030 0.64 #299
2027 1,116 0.69 #277
2028 1,195 0.74 #259
2029 1,267 0.79 #246
2030 1,331 0.83 #231

Where Alessia is most popular

Girls named Alessia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.579 per 1,000. Strongest in New Jersey, Connecticut, and New York.

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 Alessia 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 Jersey 368 2.04 +252%
Connecticut 117 2.01 +247%
New York 536 1.35 +134%
Florida 490 1.15 +98%
Arizona 154 1.10 +89%
Maryland 89 0.840 +45%
Massachusetts 100 0.827 +43%
Illinois 189 0.826 +43%
Texas 658 0.818 +41%
Virginia 130 0.763 +32%
California 621 0.739 +28%
Nevada 33 0.710 +23%
New Mexico 15 0.617 +6%
Pennsylvania 142 0.601 ≈ national
Colorado 65 0.582 ≈ national
Idaho 19 0.568 ≈ national
Utah 47 0.565 ≈ national
North Carolina 114 0.501 -14%
District of Columbia 5 0.422 -27%
South Carolina 36 0.400 -31%
Rhode Island 5 0.399 -31%
Washington 57 0.395 -32%
Tennessee 61 0.385 -34%
Georgia 87 0.383 -34%
Ohio 84 0.354 -39%
Wisconsin 32 0.311 -46%
Oregon 20 0.307 -47%
Missouri 37 0.307 -47%
Nebraska 11 0.306 -47%
Indiana 42 0.299 -48%
Alabama 28 0.298 -49%
Michigan 52 0.285 -51%
New Hampshire 5 0.271 -53%
Arkansas 12 0.227 -61%
Louisiana 18 0.206 -65%
Iowa 12 0.205 -65%
Kentucky 12 0.140 -76%
Minnesota 15 0.139 -76%
Oklahoma 8 0.109 -81%
Alaska – – –
Delaware – – –
Hawaii – – –
Kansas – – –
Maine – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
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 Alessia

Alessia is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #326 in 2025 with 937 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1967, 10,179 American babies have been named Alessia. Its peak came in 2024, when 1,122 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

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 Alessia stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Alessia?

The median living Alessia is about 5 years old; half are between 2 and 11. An estimated 10 thousand people named Alessia are alive in the United States today.

median 5 020406080100

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

Alessia year by year

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

Year Girls Girls rank
2025 937 #326
2024 1,122 #282
2023 1,025 #303
2022 899 #353
2021 717 #436
2020 602 #503
2019 618 #509
2018 533 #579
2017 473 #625
2016 345 #831
2015 215 #1,170
2014 200 #1,221
2013 198 #1,211
2012 170 #1,374
2011 169 #1,363
2010 159 #1,436
2009 173 #1,374
2008 150 #1,540
2007 160 #1,459
2006 139 #1,560
2005 102 #1,894
2004 109 #1,756
2003 99 #1,858
2002 89 #1,968
2001 91 #1,901
2000 94 #1,828
1995 38 #3,024
1990 35 #3,158
1985 18 #4,286
1980 9 #6,802
1975 – –
1970 – –
1965 – –
1960 – –
1955 – –
1950 – –
1945 – –
1940 – –
1935 – –
1930 – –
1925 – –
1920 – –
1915 – –
1910 – –
1905 – –
1900 – –
1895 – –
1890 – –
1885 – –
1880 – –

Famous people named Alessia

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

  1. 1 Alessia Cara Alessia Cara Canadian singer and songwriter (born 1996) Contemporary
  2. 2 Alessia Filippi Italian swimmer (born 1987) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

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

How old is the average Alessia?

The median living Alessia is about 5 years old. Half of all living Alessias are between 2 and 11 years old.

How many people named Alessia are alive today?

An estimated 10 thousand people named Alessia are alive in the United States, based on 10,179 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Alessia mean?

Borrowed from Italian Alessia.

How popular is the name Alessia in 2025?

Alessia ranked #326 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 937 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Alessia?

10,179 babies have been named Alessia in the United States since 1967, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Alessia most popular?

Alessia peaked in 2024, when 1,122 newborns received the name.

Is Alessia a boy or girl name?

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

Is the name Alessia rising or falling?

Alessia is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Alessia become more popular?

Alessia is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 1,331 girls named Alessia in 2030, which would rank around #231. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Alessia?

Well-known people named Alessia include Alessia Cara (singer), Alessia Filippi (swimmer).

Names like Alessia

Names that sound and feel close to Alessia: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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