Allegra — #3751 US girls' name
4,696 babies named Allegra in U.S. Social Security records since 1902, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 79% of names given to girls today.
25% of everyone ever named Allegra was born in this single decade.
154 babies were named Allegra in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Allegra
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,696 babies named Allegra between 1902 and 2024, spanning 123 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Allegra currently holds the #3751 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 154 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Allegra performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,196 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Allegra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 694 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Allegra in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Allegra 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 4,696 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.
Allegra at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Allegra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1902
- Peak year (1988)
- 154
- Annual births at peak — across 123 years of records
Currently ranks #3751 among girls.
4,696 total births across 123 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 154 births in a single year.
Allegra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 1,196 births that decade — 25% of Allegra's all-time total
Allegra decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,196 births
- Runner-up 686 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Allegra's strongest decade
1,196 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Allegra by state
Where Allegra concentrates geographically — total births since 1902
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 694 | 14.8% |
| #2 | New York | | 488 | 10.4% |
| #3 | Texas | | 227 | 4.8% |
| #4 | Florida | | 120 | 2.6% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 75 | 1.6% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 54 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 51 | 1.1% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 47 | 1.0% |
694 of 4,696 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 25 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 14.8% of nationwide
- New York 10.4% of nationwide
- Texas 4.8% of nationwide
- Florida 2.6% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 25 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 14.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Allegra appears in 25 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1902–2024 (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.