Alegria — #10456 US girls' name
235 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.
More common than 41% of names given to girls today.
30% of everyone ever named Alegria was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Alegria in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alegria
The Social Security Administration has registered 235 babies named Alegria between 1975 and 2024, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alegria currently holds the #10456 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alegria performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 71 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Alegria shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 14 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Alegria in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alegria in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 235 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Alegria at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Alegria popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1975
- Peak year (2011)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
Currently ranks #10456 among girls.
235 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 18 births in a single year.
Alegria by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 71 births that decade — 30% of Alegria's all-time total
Alegria decade highlights
- Peak decade 71 births
- Runner-up 68 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Alegria's strongest decade
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% 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 | 6.0% |
14 of 235 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 6.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1975–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.