# Alessia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alessia/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Italian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,179 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 10,179 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,742, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Alessia.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 169 | 1,363 |
| 2012 | 170 | 1,374 |
| 2013 | 198 | 1,211 |
| 2014 | 200 | 1,221 |
| 2015 | 215 | 1,170 |
| 2016 | 345 | 831 |
| 2017 | 473 | 625 |
| 2018 | 533 | 579 |
| 2019 | 618 | 509 |
| 2020 | 602 | 503 |
| 2021 | 717 | 436 |
| 2022 | 899 | 353 |
| 2023 | 1,025 | 303 |
| 2024 | 1,122 | 282 |
| 2025 | 937 | 326 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 84 | 502 |
| 2012 | 75 | 565 |
| 2013 | 87 | 484 |
| 2014 | 103 | 422 |
| 2015 | 118 | 388 |
| 2016 | 166 | 299 |
| 2017 | 162 | 302 |
| 2018 | 181 | 268 |
| 2019 | 193 | 253 |
| 2020 | 186 | 252 |
| 2021 | 161 | 293 |
| 2022 | 155 | 290 |
| 2023 | 182 | 249 |
| 2024 | 175 | 272 |
| 2025 | 160 | 286 |

## People named Alessia

- Alessia Russo, English footballer (born 1999)
- Kai, Canadian singer and songwriter

## 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.