In 2024, 722 girls in the United States were named Alessandra, making it the 426th most popular girl's name that year.
It has fallen over the decade, from 301st ten years before.
Its busiest year on record was 2015, with 1,141 births.
Records for Alessandra go back to 1943, and 24,136 babies have been given the name since.
An Italian feminine form of Alexander meaning "defender of mankind". Its romantic sound has a sophisticated, international quality.
Alessandra is of Italian origin, described as elegant in style.
In 2024 the name was recorded only for girls — 722 of them, with no births of the other sex frequent enough to appear in the data.
Each of these is a name in its own right in the 2024 US data, given to at least 100 babies that year.
Names of the same origin for a brother, most common first.
An Italian feminine form of Alexander meaning "defender of mankind". Its romantic sound has a sophisticated, international quality.
Alessandra is of Italian origin, and is usually described as elegant in style.
In 2024, 722 girls in the United States were named Alessandra, making it the 426th most popular girl's name that year.
In 2024 the name was recorded only for girls — 722 of them, with no births of the other sex frequent enough to appear in the data.
Alessa, Alessi are shorter names in current US use that share the opening of Alessandra.