Alessandro

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Alessandro is a masculine given name, the Italian form of the English name Alexander, derived from the Latin Alexander and the Ancient Greek Aléxandros, meaning "defender of man".

From Wikipedia

Alessandro first appears in the data in 1933 and has been recorded in 72 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2023 with 555 babies (rank #530 that year). In 2024 it was given to 539 boys (rank #549). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Alessandro

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Alessandro yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

9Destiny numberThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
4Soul urgeThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
5PersonalityThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

11,394

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

555

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Alessandro

Alessandro Voltaacademic · b. 1745
Alessandro Manzoninovelist · b. 1785
Alessandro Del Pierocolor commentator · b. 1974
Alessandro Nestaassociation football player · b. 1976
Alessandro Santosassociation football player · b. 1977

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1933	5	#3,652
1948	5	#3,682
1953	6	#3,429
1954	6	#3,457
1957	7	#3,261
1958	12	#2,376
1959	7	#3,291
1960	7	#3,343
1961	8	#3,100
1962	14	#2,187
1963	12	#2,416
1964	9	#2,857
1965	17	#1,918
1966	16	#1,965
1967	18	#1,854
1968	19	#1,838
1969	15	#2,216
1970	24	#1,797
1971	26	#1,745
1972	20	#2,019
1973	27	#1,697
1974	26	#1,790
1975	27	#1,787
1976	28	#1,781
1977	31	#1,707
1978	29	#1,794
1979	34	#1,670
1980	35	#1,656
1981	35	#1,662
1982	29	#1,891
1983	38	#1,562
1984	45	#1,422
1985	51	#1,354
1986	54	#1,334
1987	55	#1,337
1988	62	#1,308
1989	88	#1,130
1990	74	#1,287
1991	80	#1,245
1992	88	#1,187
1993	86	#1,216
1994	110	#1,063
1995	90	#1,221
1996	113	#1,071
1997	108	#1,143
1998	163	#893
1999	169	#889
2000	162	#939
2001	159	#969
2002	248	#714
2003	263	#711
2004	299	#676
2005	315	#669
2006	385	#616
2007	326	#710
2008	396	#623
2009	379	#654
2010	351	#677
2011	364	#643
2012	342	#692
2013	389	#634
2014	422	#626
2015	370	#683
2016	368	#681
2017	401	#646
2018	454	#603
2019	449	#608
2020	429	#626
2021	454	#612
2022	547	#541
2023	555	#530
2024	539	#549