Alessandro
The story
Alessandro is the Italian form of Alexander, carried by Alessandro Volta, the Italian physicist who invented the battery. Its twentieth-century home run, though, was Brazilian: the 2022 census counts 144,058 residents named Alessandro, ranked 234, with 39,717 born in the 1970s and 44,604 in the 1980s, a full generation before the 2010s census decades of Enzo and Pietro. The American record runs quieter and later: 133 boys in the 1960s, 1,081 in the 1990s, 2,932 in the 2000s, 3,910 across the 2010s, 3,133 so far this decade. Four syllables with Sandro and Ale on file as its short forms, a scientist in the family album, and proof that the full Italian form travels as well as any of its nicknames.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Alessandro peaked in the 2000s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
Popularity in Brazil
144,058 people · the #234 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,410 · median age 36
Among people named Alessandro living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 2,107 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Alessandro
Most people given the name Alessandro in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Alessandro deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Alessandro truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Alessandro fits with your family’s names and surname.
Where Alessandro travels
Italian · defender of mankind (Italian form of Alexander)
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