Alissandra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- al-ih-SAN-drah
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Alissandra is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender of the people”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Alissandra mean?
Greek: spelling of Alisandra, itself a form of Alexandra
“defender of the people”
A form of Alexandra, the feminine of Alexander, close to the Italian Alessandra.
Meaning borrowed from Alisandra.
Is Alissandra a girl's or a boy's name?
Alissandra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alissandra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Alissandra, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the girls named Alissandra in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alissandra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
Nicknames for Alissandra
Names like Alissandra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ariana Alessandra Aliana Alora Ariadna Ariella Avianna Arabella Isabella Eliana Alessia Antonella
Names related to Alissandra
Alyssandra Alisandra Alesandra Alessandria Alysandra Allessandra Allesandra
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, “Alissandra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alissandra, updated 20 October 2026.