boys:
10.9k births since 1933
#1114 (76th percentile)
overall:
10.9k births since 1933
#2531 (67th percentile)
The name Alessandro is the #2,531 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 10,859 recorded births since 1933. This represents the 67.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 67.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,114 (75.7% percentile) for all time with 10,859 births since 1933.
Alessandro first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1933 (first recorded for boys in 1933). Birth data for Alessandro is available in 71 out of the 91 years between 1933 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 boys, Alessandro reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 49.1% percentile (ranked #471) with 292 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 303 births per million (ranked 49.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1982, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Alessandro is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #465 (49.0% percentile) with 303 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Alessandro".
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Our model has identified 18 different pronunciations for the name Alessandro. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 24.6% confident that Alessandro is pronounced as ah-luh-SAN-droh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-LEH-suhn-droh, at 15.8% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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