Girls' name · since 1975
Alegria
249 babies named Alegria in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,614 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,609 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 249
- born since 1975
- 2010s
- peak decade
249 babies have been named Alegria since 1975, making it today's #7609 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Alegria recorded 249 times among girls since 1975, holding rank #7609 nationally today, ahead of 56% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #17,614 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,609 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 249 born since 1975
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alegria ranks #17,614 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,609 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 249 born since 1975, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,614 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,609 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 249
- born since 1975
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alegria's 249 recorded births place it above 75.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Alegria compares
249 41st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Alegria's all-time total is 34% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alegria | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 249 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alegria's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Alegria splits its recorded history at 2008: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2011 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Alegria popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Alegria by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (71 births, 29% of the file).
2010s was Alegria's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Alegria births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
47 births
- 2000s
2000s
68 births
- 2010s
2010s
71 births
- 2020s
2020s
48 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 71 births (29% of all-time use).
Alegria by state
Where Alegria concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 14 | 5.6% |
14 of 249 births nationwide.
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What to do with Alegria's data
- Alegria's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (71 total births) through the 2020s (48) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Alegrias (14 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Alegria: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~50 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1975–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Alegria draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.