How rare is the name Allegra?

3,810 people in the United States have the first name Allegra, about 1 in 79,273. It ranks #4,762 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ALLEGRA

#4,762

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,810
About
1 in 79,273
This common or more
84.5%
Who bears it

Of the 3,810 people named Allegra, 61.2% reported their origin as White, 15.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 14.5% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Allegra peaked in 1988, when 154 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19022025
Peak year
1988
Births that year
154
In 2025*
36 ▼77%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,732 babies have been given the name since 1902. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Allegra by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #2,396. The largest share of babies named Allegra, 30.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1900s#4,9315
1910s#2,956171
1920s#3,801174
1930s#4,283118
1940s#5,024101
1950s#5,598109
1960s#4,523189
1970s#3,313419
1980s#2,803676
1990s#2,3961,196
2000s#4,706606
2010s#4,527686
2020s#5,869282
Greatest Generation 1901–276.8%
Silent Generation 1928–454.4%
Baby boom 1946–644.8%
Generation X 1965–8012.3%
Millennials 1981–9630.2%
Generation Z 1997–1226.3%
2013 and later15.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Allegra is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Allegra has been most common in California (3.5×), New York (3.2×), and Florida (1.9×), and least common in Illinois (0.52×).

1,973 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Allegra

1 other first name also has 3,810 people.

#4,762 Latonia · 3,810

Either side of Allegra

#4,760 Deric · 3,814#4,761 Iyana · 3,813#4,762 Latonia · 3,810#4,764 Audriana · 3,809

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Allegra, most common first.

#20,827 Alegria · 493#23,227 Alegra · 423

Also a last name

As a last name, Allegra ranks #41,517 of 156,621, with 565 people. See Allegra as a last name

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