Alessio

What Alessio means

Italian form of Alexis, meaning “helper, defender”

a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexis or Alexius || From French Alexis, from Latin Alexis, ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἄλεξις (Álexis, “helper, defender”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Alessio” (revision 88030120) and “Alexis” (revision 94534380), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Alessio?

US: Rising: up from #2486 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #903 in 2015, #822 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 276 boys got the name (#867 that year). First in the US records in 1922.

How common

• About 1 in 6,189 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 6,973 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (1.08 per 1,000 boys), CT (0.53 per 1,000 boys), NY (0.37 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Alessio is #867 in the US and #822 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Alessio were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

If you like Alessio

Boys

• Enzo#72“home + ruler”^*
• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*
• Luka#85Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #85 vs #261 in 2025
• Jaziel#198Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #934 in 2015, #198 in 2025
• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Emilio#154Spanish and Italian, meaning “rival”^*

For a sister

• Amira#132“princess”^*
• Josephine#53Feminine form of Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*
• Amara#98“eternal”^*
• Sylvie#282Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,175 in 2015, #282 in 2025
• Aurora#15Italian, from Latin Aurōra, meaning “dawn, sunrise”^*
• Kailani#253“sea + sky”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Alessio’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.