# Allegra (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/allegra/  
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 | “cheerful” |
| Pronunciation | /əˈlɛɡrə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,732 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 4,732 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,125, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Allegra, from allegra (“cheerful”), inspired by the musical term allegro.

## What it means

Allegra is grouped under joy.

## 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 | 76 | 2,417 |
| 2012 | 58 | 2,937 |
| 2013 | 56 | 2,976 |
| 2014 | 69 | 2,560 |
| 2015 | 79 | 2,340 |
| 2016 | 53 | 3,100 |
| 2017 | 71 | 2,510 |
| 2018 | 54 | 3,006 |
| 2019 | 54 | 3,003 |
| 2020 | 61 | 2,714 |
| 2021 | 44 | 3,494 |
| 2022 | 47 | 3,369 |
| 2023 | 54 | 3,047 |
| 2024 | 40 | 3,760 |
| 2025 | 36 | 3,979 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 41 | 877 |
| 2012 | 55 | 731 |
| 2013 | 50 | 772 |
| 2014 | 54 | 731 |
| 2015 | 51 | 760 |
| 2016 | 42 | 881 |
| 2017 | 47 | 814 |
| 2018 | 63 | 641 |
| 2019 | 59 | 664 |
| 2020 | 54 | 683 |
| 2021 | 52 | 720 |
| 2022 | 52 | 706 |
| 2023 | 52 | 694 |
| 2024 | 53 | 708 |
| 2025 | 49 | 747 |

## People named Allegra

- Allegra Acosta, American actress and singer
- Allegra Curtis, German-American actress
- Allegra Goodman, American novelist and short story writer (born 1967)
- Allegra Poljak, 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.