Girls' name · since 1943
Alessandra
24,836 babies named Alessandra in U.S. Social Security records since 1943, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #924 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #443 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 24,836
- born since 1943
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alessandra currently ranks #443 among girls' names in America, with 24,836 babies recorded since 1943.
Alessandra has 24,836 recorded births among girls since 1943, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #443 as of the latest data, more common than 97% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1943 to 2025.
- #924 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #443 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 24,836 born since 1943
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alessandra ranks #924 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #443 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 24,836 born since 1943, peaking in the 2010s.
- #924 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #443 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 24,836
- born since 1943
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alessandra's 24,836 recorded births place it above 98.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
41 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Alessandra compares
24,836 Top 6% higher than 94% of 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
Alessandra's all-time total is 66x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alessandra | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 24,836 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,141 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alessandra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Alessandra splits its recorded history at 1988: 95% of all births land in the more recent half, 5% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1943 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 1,141 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Alessandra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1943–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 1,141
- Annual births at peak, across 83 years of records
Alessandra by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (9,951 births, 40% of the file).
2010s was Alessandra's strongest decade.
9,951 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Alessandra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 17
1940s
17 births
- 1950s 51
1950s
51 births
- 1960s 177
1960s
177 births
- 1970s 335
1970s
335 births
- 1980s 1,135
1980s
1,135 births
- 1990s 2,518
1990s
2,518 births
- 2000s
2000s
5,989 births
- 2010s
2010s
9,951 births
- 2020s
2020s
4,663 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 9,951 births (40% of all-time use).
How Alessandra compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Alessandra's total volume
Alessandra by state
Where Alessandra concentrates geographically, total births since 1943
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5,217 | 21.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 4,153 | 16.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 2,437 | 9.8% |
| #4 | Florida | | 1,953 | 7.9% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 1,110 | 4.5% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 906 | 3.6% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 875 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 606 | 2.4% |
5,217 of 24,836 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 41 reporting states.
Alessandra appears in 41 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Alessandra's data
- Alessandra's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (9,951 total births) through the 2020s (4,663) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Alessandras (5,217 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Alessandra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~82 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, 1943–2025 (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 Alessandra 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.