Allegra
Allegra is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 40 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 400.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1988154 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1902
- 4,696people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,696 girls have been named Allegra in the United States since 1902, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1988, with 154 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1993, and the 1990s alone account for 25%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Allegra | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 171 | |
| 1920s | 174 | |
| 1930s | 118 | |
| 1940s | 101 | |
| 1950s | 109 | |
| 1960s | 189 | |
| 1970s | 419 | |
| 1980s | 676 | |
| 1990s | 1,196 | |
| 2000s | 606 | |
| 2010s | 686 | |
| 2020s | 246 |
In 1988, its biggest year
Allegra was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1988 were Jessica, Ashley, Amanda, Sarah and Jennifer. See all of 1988.
Names that rose and fell with Allegra
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Leeannapeak 1989
- Mollypeak 1991
- Simonepeak 1988
- Xeniapeak 2022
- Isaurapeak 2007
- Allisonpeak 1994
- Marinapeak 1994
- Leannapeak 1990
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.