Alondra
Alondra was the 680th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 417 babies. Its best year was 2005, when it ranked 120th with 2,721 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 330 places. More babies were named Alondra in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Meaning lark (Spanish) · Spanish, Latin
Say it uh-LON-druh /əˈlɑndrə/
- Rank in 2025
- #680 girls, down 160 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 417girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 20052,721 babies
- Total since 1880
- 42,421babies recorded
What does the name Alondra mean?
Alondra is the Spanish word for the lark, the songbird. The Real Academia Española dictionary derives it from Latin alaudula, a diminutive of alauda, lark, which Latin had borrowed from a Celtic language; Wiktionary gives the same chain. French alouette and Italian allodola come from the same Latin source. Wiktionary lists Alondra as a Spanish girls' name taken directly from the word.
alondra (Spanish, “lark”)alauda (Latin, “lark (from Celtic)”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Pronunciation: In Spanish: ah-LOHN-drah.
Related names: Alauda.
See also: Spanish names, names that mean an animal.
Sources for this meaning
- Real Academia Española, Diccionario de la lengua española (23rd ed., online), entry 'alondra' (etymology), Real Academia Española / ASALE
- Wiktionary, entry 'Alondra' (Spanish section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'alondra' (Spanish section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
Alondra popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 122 since 1995.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #680 | 417 |
| 2020 | #520 | 582 |
| 2010 | #254 | 1,279 |
| 2000 | #182 | 1,762 |
| 1990 | #1,411 | 112 |
| 1980 | #3,614 | 22 |
| 1970 | #3,716 | 16 |
| 1960 | #4,778 | 8 |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Alondra, counting every spelling?
Alondra has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #681 for girls in 2025, against #680 on the official list, because Kaylin/Kaylynn/Kailyn and Jayleen/Jaylene/Jaelynn and Romy/Romi/Romee move ahead once their spellings are combined.
How many kids will share the name Alondra?
417 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Alondra (0.12 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Alondra born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 20 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Alondra.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Alondra?
About 41,800 people born in the US named Alondra are alive today, with a median age of 21; half are between 15 and 26. That makes Alondra mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Alondra by state
How common Alondra was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Texas (2.2×), California (2.1×), Nevada (2.0×), Arizona (2.0×), Illinois (1.6×). In 18 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Alondra: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Alondra, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Alondra · Sibling names for Alondra
Questions about the name Alondra
What does Alondra mean?
Alondra means “lark (Spanish)” (Spanish, Latin origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Alondra?
Alondra was the 680th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 417 babies. Its best year was 2005, when it ranked 120th with 2,721 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 330 places. More babies were named Alondra in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Alondra a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Alondra in the US.
Where is Alondra most popular?
In 2021–2025, Alondra was most common in Texas (0.74 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and Nevada.