Alexandra Girl
How popular is Alexandra?
#237 girl name in 2025
1,314 baby girls were named Alexandra in the US in 2025, making it the 237th most popular girl name.
Alexandra popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #237 for girls (▼ 16 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,314 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-56% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #100 in 2015, #138 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1993 (10,683 girls) |
| Highest rank | #26 in 1995 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1894 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.9% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Alexandra counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Alexandra family of names ranked #246 for girls in 2025 (#230 the year before), with 1,367 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandra | 1,314 | 96% |
| Aleksandra | 47 | 3% |
| Alexsandra | 6 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Alexandra is most popular
Babies named Alexandra per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 5.1 per 1,000 (61 girls)
- Connecticut: 2.3 per 1,000 (136 girls)
- Alaska: 2.0 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- Massachusetts: 1.9 per 1,000 (226 girls)
- Delaware: 1.9 per 1,000 (21 girls)
Alexandra by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 13 | #1,202 |
| 1900s | 58 | #1,133 |
| 1910s | 327 | #944 |
| 1920s | 370 | #1,136 |
| 1930s | 444 | #857 |
| 1940s | 1,169 | #679 |
| 1950s | 1,598 | #698 |
| 1960s | 3,244 | #405 |
| 1970s | 6,960 | #290 |
| 1980s | 34,817 | #43 |
| 1990s | 94,806 | #26 |
| 2000s | 61,253 | #36 |
| 2010s | 30,971 | #64 |
| 2020s | 9,421 | #138 |
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Questions
- Is Alexandra a boy or girl name?
- Alexandra is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Alexandra were girls.
- How popular is the name Alexandra?
- 1,314 baby girls were named Alexandra in the US in 2025, making it the 237th most popular girl name.
- When was Alexandra most popular?
- Alexandra peaked in 1993, when 10,683 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #26, held for 2 years starting in 1995.
- How many people are named Alexandra?
- 246,320 babies have been named Alexandra in the US since 1880. We estimate about 240,563 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 29.
- Where is Alexandra most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Alexandra was most common in District of Columbia, at 5.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.