girls:
2.8k births since 1970
#3290 (42nd percentile)
overall:
2.8k births since 1970
#5120 (34th percentile)
The name Alessa is the #5,120 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,779 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 33.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 33.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,290 (42.4% percentile) for all time with 2,779 births since 1970.
Alessa first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (first recorded for girls in 1970). Birth data for Alessa is available in 46 out of the 54 years between 1970 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Alessa reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 17.7% percentile (ranked #788) with 90 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 91 births per million (ranked 16.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Alessa ranks #819 for girls (13.5% percentile) with 76 births per million, which is 83.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Alessa".
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