Given name & surname
Alegria
Alegria is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “one who is cheerful and brings happiness to others.”
Original SpanishAlegría
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “one who is cheerful and brings happiness to others.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alegria through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 249
- 0 boys · 249 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #7,500 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +52%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,500 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 18 in 2011. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 493 as a first name in 2020; 6,313 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Alegria’s family of names
Alegria has a related form in Allegra. Alegria has a related form in Alegra. Alegria has a related form in Aleggra.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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