Allegra
About Allegra
In music, the term allegro means "quickly, lively tempo," which makes this quintessential Bohemian ballet dancer's name all the more appealing. Allegra is one of the most distinctive yet accessible girl names starting with A.
One of the most creative sounding of names, Allegra has been associated with the American prima ballerina Allegra Kent, and has been chosen as a first or middle name for their daughters by poets George Gordon, Lord Byron and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, as well as by R. Buckminster Fuller and Donatella Versace. Caveat: There is that current connection to the allergy medication.
Pronounced uh-LEG-ruh.
As of October 2026, Allegra ranked #3979 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1045 in 1988, Nameberry popularity #751.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,559 | 69 | 38.6 |
| 2015 | #2,339 | 79 | 44.3 |
| 2016 | #3,100 | 53 | 29.9 |
| 2017 | #2,509 | 71 | 41.1 |
| 2018 | #3,004 | 54 | 31.7 |
| 2019 | #3,001 | 54 | 32.2 |
| 2020 | #2,713 | 61 | 37.7 |
| 2021 | #3,493 | 44 | 26.8 |
| 2022 | #3,367 | 47 | 28.7 |
| 2023 | #3,045 | 54 | 33.7 |
| 2024 | #3,748 | 40 | 24.7 |
| 2025 | #3,979 | 36 | 22.4 |
World rankings
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Allegra on lists
Famous Allegras
- Allegra Kent
American ballet dancer
- Allegra Versace Beck
Italian heiress
- Allegra Huston
American writer; sister of Anjelica Huston
- Allegra Goodman
American writer
- (Clara) Allegra Byron
daughter of poet Lord Byron
- Alice Allegra Englert
actress; daughter of film director Jane Campion
- Allegra Penelope Overton (b. 2007)
daughter of TV journalist Jessica Rowe and Peter Overton
- Allegra Fuller Snyder
American dance ethnologist and choreographer
- Allegra Elizabeth Jane Stratton
British journalist
- Allegra Sarah Bazzett McEvedy
English chef
- Allegra Curtis
American actress
Allegra in pop culture
- Allegra
musical term
- Allegra Sauvagess
character from the video game series SSX
- Allegra
an allergy medication
- Allegra Cole
from the movie "Hitch"
- Allegra Hunt
on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"
- Allegra
character TV's "Allegra's Window"
- Allegra Shapiro
main character in Virginia Euwer Wolff's "The Mozart Season"
- Allegra Vand
character in Cynthia Ozick's "Trust"
- Allegra
character in the Love Island mobile game
- Allegra
the main character on the 1994–1996 Nick Jr. television series "Allegra's Window"
- Allegra Geller
character from "Existenz"