girl's name

Alegra

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 399

Alegra is a girl's name. In 2023 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 2010, when 22 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1952.

Alegra over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2023, not a full ten years.

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'50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Alegra by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1950s 5
1960s 5
1970s 41
1980s 48
1990s 104
2000s 61
2010s 101
2020s (to 2023) 21

How popular is Alegra?

In 2023, Alegra was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Alegra is used

England & Wales #5,050 4 in 2019
United States #12,400 7 in 2023

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Alegra

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Alegra also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Alegra over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Alegra

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Alegra — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Alegra

How popular is the name Alegra?

In 2023, Alegra was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Alegra a girl's or a boy's name?

Alegra is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Alegra most popular?

Alegra peaked in 2010, when 22 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.