Given name
Alessia
Alessia is used as a given name. Alessia is connected with Alexia.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Italian use, Alessia is used as a form of Alexia.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1967. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alessia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10,179
- 0 boys · 10,179 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 1,122 babies
- 2025
- 937
- #326 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +83%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 937 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 326 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 82.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (131). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,782 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Alessia’s family of names
Alessia shares a linguistic root with Alexia. In Italian usage, Alessia has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form ALEJA. Alessia is a form of Alexia.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Alessia has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Italian roots to each of them.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Alessia
- Alessia CaraItalian-Canadian singer, songwriter and actressborn 1996
- Alessia RussoEnglish footballer (born 1999)
- AlexiaItalian recording artist; singer (born 1967)
- Alessia Filippiswimmerborn 1987
- Alessia OrroItalian volleyball playerborn 1998
- Alessia RovegnoPeruvian model and singer (1998-)
- Alessia TrostItalian high jumperborn 1993
- Alessia MaurelliItalian rhythmic gymnastborn 1996
- Alessia MarcuzziItalian television presenter, actress, entrepreneur and modelborn 1972
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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