Alondra
Meaning
the lark (songbird)
The story
Alondra is Spanish for the lark, the morning singer, one of the loveliest bird names in any language and a word that carries its own melody before anyone even bears it. The US record idles at trace levels from the 1960s, and then 1995: the Mexican telenovela Alondra aired with Ana Colchero in the title role, and the curve bends sharply upward through the late 1990s to a peak in the 2000s. It has eased gently since while remaining a Latina favorite, a bird now firmly naturalized in American classrooms. The arc is one of the sharpest same-year alignments our records hold, and the name underneath earns the attention: alondra sings even when it is only spoken. The bird was singing over Spanish-speaking fields long before any of the record was written down.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Alondra peaked in the 2000s.
See popularity in Brazil
Popularity in Brazil
111 people · the #38,358 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 8
Among people named Alondra living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 35 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Alondra
Most people given the name Alondra in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Alondra deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Alondra 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 Alondra fits with your family’s names and surname.
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