Alesso

Gender: Boy
Say it: ah-LESS-oh
Origin: Greek
US rank, 2025: #5,397 for boys

Alesso is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender, helper”. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).

What does Alesso mean?

Greek: Italian variant of Alessio (Alexius)

“defender, helper”

Is Alesso a girl's or a boy's name?

Alesso is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Alesso in the US?

Rank in 2025: 5,397th among boys
Babies in 2025: 17 about 1 in 100,000 boys
Five-year trend: Steady up 7% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Alesso, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 2020, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 2013.

Half of all the boys named Alesso in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

2013Busiest: 23 in 20202025

Alesso in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	17	#5,397
2024	15	#5,899
2023	17	#5,465
2022	15	#5,870
2021	11	#7,084
2020	23	#4,271
2019	12	#6,772
2018	11	#7,132
2017	11	#7,091
2016	13	#6,344
2015	10	#7,486
2014	0	–
2013	6	#10,722

Names like Alesso

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Apollo, Atreus, Thiago, Atlas, Ares, Kylo, Aziel, Theo, Ander, Arlo, Alessandro, Nico

Names related to Alesso

Alessio

More Greek names

Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris

Every Greek name

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, “Alesso: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alesso, updated 20 October 2026.