Alessi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LESS-ee
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #2,691 for girls
Alessi is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender”. In 2025 it ranked 2,691st for girls in the US (64 babies).
What does Alessi mean?
Greek: Italian surname from Alessio, the Italian form of Alexis
“defender”
An Italian surname derived from Alessio, the Italian form of the Greek name Alexios.
Is Alessi a girl's or a boy's name?
Alessi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 64 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alessi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,691st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 64 about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 307% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 64 girls in the US were named Alessi, making it the 2,691st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,850th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 134 girls. It first appears in the records in 2008.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Alessi than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Alessi in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 77 girls in the US were given Alessi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,026, up from #2,691 for this spelling alone.
- Alessi 64
- Alesi 8
- Aleesi 5
Alessi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64 | #2,691 |
| 2024 | 99 | #1,980 |
| 2023 | 114 | #1,780 |
| 2022 | 130 | #1,621 |
| 2021 | 134 | #1,562 |
| 2020 | 57 | #2,850 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
Names like Alessi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Azari, Artemis, Jaylani, Amiri, Elowyn, Everly, Khaleesi, Alaia, Adalynn, Kehlani, Ailany, Kyomi
Names related to Alessi
Alessia, Alessa, Alyssia, Alesia, Aleesia, Alesha, Aleyssa, Alissia
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from 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, “Alessi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alessi, updated 20 October 2026.