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Alessandro

Boy's name · #497 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Alessandro is climbing: on the charts since 1933, it reached #497 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 610 boys given the name last year. Roughly 12,000 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

See where Alessandro is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 25 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Alessandro is especially popular in Italy.

#5 in Italy (2024) · #121 in Switzerland (2025) · #169 in Ecuador (2025) · #349 in Mexico (2024) · #361 in Belgium (2025) · #437 in Austria (2025) · #493 in Poland (2025) · #498 in Sweden (2025) · #565 in France (2025) · #629 in Canada (2025) · #829 in Ireland (2025) · #873 in England & Wales (2025) and 4 more.

Famous Alessandros

• Alessandro Volta — Italian chemist and physicist (1745–1827)
• Alessandro Manzoni — Italian poet and novelist (1785–1873)
• Alessandro Del Piero — Italian footballer (born 1974)
• Alessandro Nesta — Italian footballer and coach (born 1976)
• Alessandro Santos — Brazilian-born Japanese footballer (born 1977)
• Alessandro Nivola — American actor (born 1972)
• Alessandro Bastoni — Italian footballer (born 1999)
• Alessandro Costacurta — Italian footballer (born 1966)
• Alessandro Florenzi — Italian footballer (born 1991)
• Alessandro de' Medici — Duke of Florence from 1532 to 1537 (1510–1537)

In stories & tradition

• Alessandro Binomi^de — Fictional mathematician
• Alessandro Stradella — Operatic character in the opera Alessandro Stradella by Friedrich von Flotow; a composer and music-teacher
• Alessandro — Operatic character in the opera Il re pastore by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; king of Macedonia

What Alessandros become

Among 3,400 notable people named Alessandro:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.3× more often than among typical names — e.g. Alessandro Volta, Italian chemist and physicist (1745–1827).

Similar names: Sandro · Valentino · Alessio · Vincenzo · Luciano · Elio

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