girls:
23.4k births since 1943
#930 (84th percentile)
overall:
23.4k births since 1943
#1656 (79th percentile)
The name Alessandra is the #1,656 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 23,412 recorded births since 1943. This represents the 78.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 78.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #930 (83.7% percentile) for all time with 23,412 births since 1943.
Alessandra first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1943 (first recorded for girls in 1943). Birth data for Alessandra is available in 74 out of the 81 years between 1943 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, Alessandra reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 72.1% percentile (ranked #269) with 585 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 585 births per million (ranked 72.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Alessandra ranks #361 for girls (61.9% percentile) with 450 births per million, which is 77.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Alessandra".
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Our model has identified 20 different pronunciations for the name Alessandra. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 14.0% confident that Alessandra is pronounced as ah-leh-SAN-druh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-LEH-suhn-druh, at 14.0% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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