Fun Facts About the Name Alessia
- More than 10 thousand babies named Alessia: U.S. records list 10,175 babies given the name Alessia from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Alessia Mean?
Alessia is an Italian feminine name meaning defender or helper. It is the feminine form of the Italian masculine name Alessio, which comes from the Greek name Alexis (Ἄλεξις). That Greek name is built on the verb alexō (ἀλέξω), meaning "to defend" or "to ward off," so the name carries the sense of one who defends or comes to the aid of others.
Alessia is sometimes linked to the phrase "defender of mankind," but that meaning properly belongs to the separate Greek name Alexandros, or Alexander, which joins alexō with anēr, "man." Alexis and its Italian relatives Alessio and Alessia rest on alexō alone, so their established sense stays simply "defender" or "helper."
Alessia Name History & Origins
Alessia is the feminine counterpart of Alessio, the Italian form of the Greek name Alexis. Greek Alexis was in use as a personal name in antiquity, and the masculine name entered Christian Europe through the veneration of Saint Alexius, a fifth-century ascetic honored in both the Eastern and Western churches. In Italy the name settled into the form Alessio, and Italian custom, which typically marks feminine names with a final -a, produced Alessia as its feminine partner.
Alessia existed alongside Alessio as the natural feminine form and grew more common as an Italian given name during the twentieth century. It has since been adopted in other countries, including English-speaking ones, where it is usually kept in its Italian spelling. Its documented history is chiefly Italian; the name's Greek ancestry lies in Alexis and the verb behind it, not in a separate Italian root.
How Popular is the Name Alessia?
Alessia recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2024. Its best rank was #281 in 2024.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #326 | 937 | 0.0583% |
| 2024 | #281 | 1,121 | 0.0695% |
| 2023 | #302 | 1,023 | 0.0638% |
| 2022 | #353 | 899 | 0.0549% |
| 2021 | #436 | 717 | 0.0437% |
| 2020 | #503 | 602 | 0.0373% |
| 2019 | #509 | 618 | 0.0368% |
| 2018 | #579 | 533 | 0.0313% |
| 2017 | #625 | 473 | 0.0274% |
| 2016 | #830 | 345 | 0.0195% |
| 2015 | #1,170 | 215 | 0.0120% |
| 2014 | #1,221 | 200 | 0.0112% |
| 2013 | #1,218 | 197 | 0.0112% |
| 2012 | #1,374 | 170 | 0.0097% |
| 2011 | #1,362 | 169 | 0.0096% |
| 2010 | #1,435 | 159 | 0.0089% |
| 2009 | #1,374 | 173 | 0.0094% |
| 2008 | #1,540 | 150 | 0.0079% |
| 2007 | #1,459 | 160 | 0.0083% |
| 2006 | #1,560 | 139 | 0.0073% |
| 2005 | #1,894 | 102 | 0.0055% |
| 2004 | #1,756 | 109 | 0.0059% |
| 2003 | #1,858 | 99 | 0.0054% |
| 2002 | #1,968 | 89 | 0.0050% |
| 2001 | #1,901 | 91 | 0.0051% |
| 2000 | #1,828 | 94 | 0.0052% |
| 1999 | #2,307 | 64 | 0.0036% |
| 1998 | #2,146 | 67 | 0.0038% |
| 1997 | #2,697 | 46 | 0.0026% |
| 1996 | #2,341 | 56 | 0.0032% |
| 1995 | #3,024 | 38 | 0.0022% |
| 1994 | #3,537 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 1993 | #3,780 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 1992 | #3,420 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 1991 | #4,060 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 1990 | #3,158 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 1989 | #4,361 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1988 | #4,844 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1987 | #5,076 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1986 | #9,573 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #4,286 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1984 | #5,224 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1983 | #4,690 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1982 | #4,168 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1981 | #7,420 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1980 | #6,802 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1979 | #6,705 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1978 | #9,780 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1977 | #8,461 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1967 | #4,630 | 9 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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