# Alessandro (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alessandro/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Italian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12,002 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 12,002 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,609, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Alessandro.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 364 | 643 |
| 2012 | 342 | 692 |
| 2013 | 389 | 634 |
| 2014 | 422 | 626 |
| 2015 | 370 | 683 |
| 2016 | 368 | 681 |
| 2017 | 401 | 646 |
| 2018 | 454 | 603 |
| 2019 | 449 | 608 |
| 2020 | 429 | 626 |
| 2021 | 455 | 610 |
| 2022 | 547 | 541 |
| 2023 | 555 | 533 |
| 2024 | 539 | 554 |
| 2025 | 608 | 497 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 48 | 671 |
| 2012 | 50 | 671 |
| 2013 | 60 | 589 |
| 2014 | 52 | 650 |
| 2015 | 45 | 727 |
| 2016 | 60 | 597 |
| 2017 | 50 | 701 |
| 2018 | 61 | 596 |
| 2019 | 67 | 561 |
| 2020 | 61 | 587 |
| 2021 | 61 | 610 |
| 2022 | 48 | 699 |
| 2023 | 58 | 614 |
| 2024 | 41 | 800 |
| 2025 | 36 | 873 |

## People named Alessandro

- Alessandro Santos, Brazilian-Japanese association football player
- Alessandro Cambalhota, Brazilian association football player
- Alessandro Schöpf, Austrian footballer (born 1994)
- Alessandro Nivola, American-British actor
- Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (1510-1537)
- Alessandro Circati, Australian soccer player
- Alessandro Nunes, Brazilian association football player
- Alessandro Rosa Vieira, Brazilian futsal player
- Alessandro Mancini, Captain Regent of San Marino (2007, 2020)
- Alessandro Hämmerle, Austrian male snowboarder
- Alessandro Juliani, Canadian actor
- Alessandro, association football player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.