Allegra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LEG-ra
- Origin
- Italian
- UK rank, 2025
- #801 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,974 for girls
Allegra is a girls' name of Italian origin, meaning “cheerful, lively”. In 2025 it ranked 801st for girls in the UK (49 babies) and 3,974th for girls in the US (36 babies).
What does Allegra mean?
Italian
“cheerful, lively”
Lord Byron gave the name to his daughter Allegra (1817-1822); in music allegro means brisk and lively.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Allegra a girl's or a boy's name?
Allegra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 49 girls in the UK and 36 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Allegra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 801st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 49 about 1 in 5,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 49 girls in the UK were named Allegra, making it the 801st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 730th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 67 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Allegra than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Allegra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 747th in England and Wales.
Allegra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | #801 |
| 2024 | 53 | #771 |
| 2023 | 54 | #727 |
| 2022 | 52 | #757 |
| 2021 | 52 | #780 |
| 2020 | 55 | #730 |
| 2019 | 60 | #703 |
| 2018 | 67 | #661 |
| 2017 | 48 | #865 |
| 2016 | 45 | #901 |
| 2015 | 54 | #784 |
| 2014 | 54 | #779 |
| 2013 | 52 | #794 |
| 2012 | 57 | #757 |
| 2011 | 42 | #923 |
| 2010 | 49 | #805 |
| 2009 | 62 | #652 |
| 2008 | 42 | #855 |
| 2007 | 31 | #1,026 |
| 2006 | 28 | #1,062 |
| 2005 | 27 | #1,022 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 15 | #1,399 |
| 2001 | 17 | #1,261 |
| 2000 | 18 | #1,182 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,770 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,585 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,741 |
How popular is Allegra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,974th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 36 about 1 in 45,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 36 girls in the US were named Allegra, making it the 3,974th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,712th. Its busiest year was 1988, with 154 girls. It first appears in the records in 1902.
2025 had fewer girls named Allegra than any year since 2004.
Half of all the girls named Allegra in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Allegra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,974 |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 54 | #3,047 |
| 2022 | 47 | #3,364 |
| 2021 | 44 | #3,490 |
| 2020 | 61 | #2,712 |
| 2019 | 54 | #3,002 |
| 2018 | 54 | #3,003 |
| 2017 | 71 | #2,508 |
| 2016 | 53 | #3,100 |
| 2015 | 79 | #2,340 |
| 2014 | 69 | #2,558 |
| 2013 | 56 | #2,972 |
| 2012 | 58 | #2,934 |
| 2011 | 76 | #2,415 |
| 2010 | 116 | #1,769 |
| 2009 | 101 | #2,029 |
| 2008 | 92 | #2,172 |
| 2007 | 84 | #2,293 |
| 2006 | 63 | #2,778 |
| 2005 | 48 | #3,208 |
| 2004 | 26 | #4,945 |
| 2003 | 38 | #3,651 |
| 2002 | 33 | #3,885 |
| 2001 | 51 | #2,840 |
| 2000 | 70 | #2,232 |
| 1999 | 94 | #1,717 |
| 1998 | 142 | #1,270 |
| 1997 | 152 | #1,192 |
| 1996 | 129 | #1,316 |
| 1995 | 144 | #1,184 |
| 1994 | 94 | #1,603 |
| 1993 | 113 | #1,424 |
| 1992 | 122 | #1,354 |
| 1991 | 101 | #1,531 |
| 1990 | 105 | #1,475 |
| 1989 | 113 | #1,351 |
| 1988 | 154 | #1,043 |
| 1987 | 64 | #1,811 |
| 1986 | 48 | #2,169 |
| 1985 | 58 | #1,905 |
| 1984 | 51 | #1,990 |
| 1983 | 44 | #2,197 |
| 1982 | 37 | #2,532 |
| 1981 | 51 | #2,028 |
| 1980 | 56 | #1,904 |
| 1979 | 46 | #2,147 |
| 1978 | 37 | #2,390 |
| 1977 | 44 | #2,124 |
| 1976 | 54 | #1,747 |
| 1975 | 43 | #2,023 |
| 1974 | 33 | #2,348 |
| 1973 | 51 | #1,732 |
| 1972 | 34 | #2,222 |
| 1971 | 36 | #2,212 |
| 1970 | 41 | #2,017 |
| 1969 | 28 | #2,454 |
| 1968 | 29 | #2,246 |
| 1967 | 18 | #2,963 |
| 1966 | 17 | #3,039 |
| 1965 | 16 | #3,148 |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,691 |
| 1963 | 21 | #2,703 |
| 1962 | 17 | #3,032 |
| 1961 | 16 | #3,188 |
| 1960 | 14 | #3,356 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,435 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,308 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,928 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,795 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
| 1950 | 15 | #2,651 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,591 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,005 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,738 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,557 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,665 |
| 1941 | 13 | #2,396 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,206 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,920 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,729 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,438 |
| 1934 | 16 | #2,002 |
| 1933 | 14 | #2,160 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,272 |
| 1931 | 15 | #2,104 |
| 1930 | 15 | #2,201 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,736 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,283 |
| 1927 | 18 | #2,094 |
| 1926 | 23 | #1,771 |
| 1925 | 17 | #2,190 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,660 |
| 1923 | 20 | #1,944 |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,291 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,282 |
| 1920 | 25 | #1,666 |
| 1919 | 23 | #1,698 |
| 1918 | 24 | #1,645 |
| 1917 | 25 | #1,507 |
| 1916 | 26 | #1,445 |
| 1915 | 29 | #1,317 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,264 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,601 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
| 1911 | 13 | #1,300 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
Names like Allegra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Athena, Aurora, Fatima, Aria, Alina, Alba, Sienna, Ava, Elena, Bianca, Bella, Lara
Names related to Allegra
More Italian names
Enzo, Kiara, Gemma, Ariyah, Milani, Ariya, Armani, Siena, Ariah, Capri, Kara, Emiliana, Jemma, Alfredo, Nella, Gio
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, “Allegra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/allegra, updated 20 October 2026.