girls:
4.7k births since 1902
#2491 (56th percentile)
overall:
4.7k births since 1902
#4003 (48th percentile)
The name Allegra is the #4,003 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,655 recorded births since 1902. This represents the 48.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 48.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,491 (56.4% percentile) for all time with 4,655 births since 1902.
Allegra first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1902 (first recorded for girls in 1902). Birth data for Allegra is available in 114 out of the 122 years between 1902 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, Allegra reached its peak popularity in 1988, achieving the 18.5% percentile (ranked #659) with 80 births per million. The name was most common in 1988, with 80 births per million (ranked 18.5% percentile). Despite a low point in 2016, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Allegra ranks #898 for girls (5.2% percentile) with 31 births per million, which is 38.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Allegra".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Allegra. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 73.3% confident that Allegra is pronounced as uh-LEH-gruh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ah-LEH-gruh, at 15.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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