Alessi
Feminine · “defender”
Alessi is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 635 girls against 9 boys since 1880.
Alessi is an Italian surname from Alessio — Alexis, the defender — and the design company made it famous.
How old is the name Alessi?
Alessi first appears in US birth records in 2008 — 17 years ago. The typical Alessi is a kid of about 3 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Alessi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Alessi most popular?
Alessi peaked in 2021, reaching #1562 nationally. Today it ranks #2691, 1,129 places below that high. See the whole 2021 chart.
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Where it comes from
From alexein to Alessi
The story of Alessi
Alexios was the name of several Byzantine emperors, and Alexios I received the First Crusade at Constantinople — his daughter Anna Komnene wrote the account of it, one of the first histories by a woman. The Alessi design company made the surname familiar. It appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
defender, helper
From the Italian Alessio, from the Greek Alexios, 'defender' or 'helper', from alexein, 'to ward off' — the same verb behind Alexander. Alessi is the patronymic surname. The Greek is documented and the reading undisputed.
How the name formed
- alexein
- Alexios
- Alessio
- Alessi
Related forms: Alessi · Alessio · Alexis
Pronouncing Alessi
ah-LES-see
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Italian doubles the s audibly.
Nicknames for Alessi
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2008
- Most girls named
- 2021134 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1562reached in 2021
- Change vs 2024
- −35.4%64 in 2025, from 99
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Alessi in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Alessi in Italian — same name
- Alessio in Italian — related form
- Alexis in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Alessis among us
people named Alessi are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 25,114 born in 2025 was named Alessi
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Sheyenne test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Alessi's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Sheyenne climbed just as high around 1997, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Sheyenne's path sketches the road Alessi is walking now.
Alessi sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Alessi is headed
Alessi is on a steep climb — if the curve holds, 2030 could see around 103% more babies given the name than today. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Alessi beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Alessi in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That Anna Komnene wrote one of the first histories by a woman about her father is a first-rate fact.
- Ali is available as a short form with a large record.
- The defender meaning is transparent and strong.
- It reads unmistakably as a surname.
- A design company dominates the association for some.
- Alexis is what English speakers will substitute.
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Frequently asked
- How many Alessis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Alessi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Alessi in 2025?
- Alessi ranks #2691 among US girl names in 2025, with 64 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Alessi?
- About 1 in every 25,114 US girls born in 2025 was named Alessi — 64 in all.
- Will my child share the name Alessi with classmates?
- Alessi will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Alessi
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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