Alexandra
Alexandra is ranked 221st among girls in 2024 (1,387 births). Its best rank was 26th, in 1995–1996.
- Rank in 2024
- #221down 17 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,3870.09% of girls
- Peak year
- 199310,682 births
- Best rank
- #26first in 1995
- Since 1894
- 244,128people given the name
The story in the numbers
244,128 girls have been named Alexandra in the United States since 1894, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1993, with 10,682 births — 0.59% of all girls recorded that year.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago (rank 92 → 221).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1997, and the 1990s alone account for 39%. It has spent 90 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 32 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Alexandra | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 13 | |
| 1900s | 58 | |
| 1910s | 327 | |
| 1920s | 370 | |
| 1930s | 444 | |
| 1940s | 1,169 | |
| 1950s | 1,598 | |
| 1960s | 3,243 | |
| 1970s | 6,962 | |
| 1980s | 34,821 | |
| 1990s | 94,802 | |
| 2000s | 61,251 | |
| 2010s | 30,968 | |
| 2020s | 8,102 |
In 1993, its biggest year
Alexandra was the 28th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1993 were Jessica, Ashley, Sarah, Samantha and Emily. See all of 1993.
Names that rose and fell with Alexandra
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kailapeak 1991
- Jasminepeak 1993
- Alexandriapeak 1993
- Kaleepeak 1999
- Yesseniapeak 1990
- Kaliepeak 1998
- Kassandrapeak 1993
- Aerialpeak 1991
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.