Allegra
Feminine · “cheerful”
Allegra is the Italian word for cheerful, and it is also a tempo marking — allegro is the instruction to play quickly and brightly.
How old is the name Allegra?
Allegra first appears in US birth records in 1902 — 123 years ago. The typical Allegra alive today was born around 1992, making them about 33 years old. About 4,200 people named Allegra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Allegra most popular?
Allegra peaked in 1988, reaching #1044 nationally. Today it ranks #3975, 2,931 places below that high. See the whole 1988 chart.
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Where it comes from
From allegro to Allegra
The story of Allegra
Allegro entered musical vocabulary in the seventeenth century as a mood instruction that hardened into a tempo, which is why it sits between andante and presto. The women's name is Italian and Jewish-Italian, and Byron gave it to his daughter, who died at five in a convent near Ravenna. It appears in American records in small numbers from the 1970s. An antihistamine now carries the word, which is a recent complication.
Meaning
cheerful, lively
From Italian allegro, cheerful or brisk, from a Latin word meaning quick or lively; the musical direction and the adjective are the same word, and the tempo sense comes from the mood rather than the other way round.
How the name formed
- allegro
- Allegra
Related forms: Allegra · Alegra · Alegre
Pronouncing Allegra
ah-LEG-rah
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. Italian gives the same shape.
Nicknames for Allegra
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
- 1902
- Most girls named
- 1997152 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1044reached in 1988
- Change vs 2023
- −33.3%36 in 2025, from 54
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.
Allegra in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Allegra in Italian — same name
- Alegra in Spanish — related form
- Alegre in Ladino — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Texas.
Allegras among us
people named Allegra are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 44,646 born in 2025 was named Allegra
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 Leon test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Allegra's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Leon climbed just as high around 1908, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Leon's path sketches the road Allegra is walking now.
Allegra 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 Allegra is headed
Allegra should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium 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.
Allegra beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Allegra in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning that is bright and needs no explaining.
- The musical sense gives it a second and quite different life.
- Every letter is sounded, so Italian and Spanish speakers read it at once.
- An allergy medication carries the word prominently in America.
- Byron's daughter of the name died in childhood, which some will know.
- A cheerfulness name sets an expectation the child did not choose.
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Frequently asked
- How many Allegras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 4,200 people named Allegra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Allegra in 2025?
- Allegra ranks #3975 among US girl names in 2025, with 36 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Allegra?
- About 1 in every 44,646 US girls born in 2025 was named Allegra — 36 in all.
- Will my child share the name Allegra with classmates?
- Allegra will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Allegra
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