girl's name
Alondra
ah-LON-drah
- Origin Spanish
- Gender Girl
- Letters 7
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 42,546
the United States
#681
2025 births
Alondra means lark, and a Roman legion was named for the bird — Caesar raised the Legio V Alaudae in Gaul and it took the lark's name, probably from crested plumes on the helmets.
- Alondra is a name of Spanish origin.
- Peaked in 2005, when 2,728 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 7,951 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1959.
Alondra 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 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 8 |
| 1960s | 75 |
| 1970s | 150 |
| 1980s | 644 |
| 1990s | 9,109 |
| 2000s | 19,557 |
| 2010s | 9,576 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 3,302 |
What Alondra means
Alondra means a lark. The Spanish names the songbird directly, so any sense of song or morning belongs to the bird rather than describing a person.
Where Alondra comes from
Alondra is the Spanish for a lark, from the Latin alauda — itself a Gaulish loanword, one of very few Celtic words Latin took. Caesar raised a legion in Gaul at his own expense and called it Legio V Alaudae, the Lark, reportedly for crested plumes on the helmets; it is the first Roman legion recruited from non-citizens. The bird sings while climbing, which is why larks stand for morning across European poetry.
Alondra in use
Alondra peaked in the United States in 2005, when 2,728 babies were registered, and is falling in our data. It charts in exactly one of the six markets we track, at 681st in the United States on 417 births, across 42,546 lifetime births. Our records carry it from 1959, so the whole of its history is recent.
How popular is Alondra?
In 2025, Alondra was given to 417 babies in the United States, ranking #681 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Alondra is used
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 Alondra
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Alondra also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Alondra over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Alondra
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Alondra — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Alondra
What does the name Alondra mean?
A lark — the Spanish alondra, from the Latin alauda.
Was a legion named for the lark?
Yes. Caesar's Legio V Alaudae, the first Roman legion recruited from non-citizens.
Is alauda a Latin word?
It is a Gaulish loan — Latin took very few Celtic words.
How popular is Alondra?
681st in the United States, down from a 2005 peak of 2,728 births.
Is Alondra a girl's or a boy's name?
Alondra is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
Is Alondra a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Alondra currently ranks #681 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.