Alessa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LES-a
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,872 for girls
Alessa is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender of men”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 1,872nd for girls in the US (105 babies).
What does Alessa mean?
Greek: Italian short form of Alessandra
“defender of men”
An Italian short form of Alessandra, the Italian Alexandra.
Is Alessa a girl's or a boy's name?
Alessa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 105 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alessa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Alessa, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 19 girls.
Half of all the girls named Alessa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Alessa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 15 | #2,011 |
| 2016 | 19 | #1,724 |
| 2015 | 14 | #2,085 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 13 | #2,174 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
How popular is Alessa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,872nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 105 about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 105 girls in the US were named Alessa, making it the 1,872nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,398th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 174 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Alessa than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Alessa in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alessa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 105 | #1,872 |
| 2024 | 121 | #1,681 |
| 2023 | 133 | #1,581 |
| 2022 | 164 | #1,395 |
| 2021 | 134 | #1,562 |
| 2020 | 156 | #1,398 |
| 2019 | 129 | #1,642 |
| 2018 | 155 | #1,425 |
| 2017 | 143 | #1,534 |
| 2016 | 174 | #1,358 |
| 2015 | 130 | #1,643 |
| 2014 | 130 | #1,643 |
| 2013 | 124 | #1,689 |
| 2012 | 73 | #2,495 |
| 2011 | 96 | #2,026 |
| 2010 | 77 | #2,427 |
| 2009 | 106 | #1,956 |
| 2008 | 127 | #1,740 |
| 2007 | 120 | #1,784 |
| 2006 | 69 | #2,602 |
| 2005 | 42 | #3,505 |
| 2004 | 30 | #4,488 |
| 2003 | 39 | #3,586 |
| 2002 | 36 | #3,650 |
| 2001 | 44 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 27 | #4,395 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,513 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 27 | #3,872 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,853 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,108 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
Names like Alessa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Athena, Amira, Aria, Amara, Ayla, Lyra, Arabella, Ava, Ariana, Sophia, Aurora, Sienna
Names related to Alessa
Alyssa, Alessia, Alyssia, Alissa, Alesha, Alissia, Alesia, Aleesha, Alessi, Aleysha, Aleesia
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alessa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alessa, updated 20 October 2026.