Alejandro
Last seen for girls in 2014 at #14,558 · #195 for boys in 2025, 1,842 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2001 · 4,557 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 10 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 146,624since 1885
Alejandro over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #195 | 1,842 | |
| 2024 | — | #186 | 1,993 | |
| 2023 | — | #200 | 1,837 | |
| 2022 | — | #194 | 1,966 | |
| 2021 | — | #206 | 1,844 | |
| 2020 | — | #212 | 1,792 | |
| 2019 | — | #201 | 1,972 | |
| 2018 | — | #208 | 1,902 | |
| 2017 | — | #195 | 2,032 | |
| 2016 | — | #181 | 2,208 | |
| 2015 | — | #180 | 2,316 | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #158 | 2,602 |
| 2013 | — | #165 | 2,469 | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #148 | 2,729 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #130 | 3,091 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | #103 | 3,712 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | #121 | 3,444 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 | #105 | 4,168 |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | #103 | 4,281 |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 | #96 | 4,551 |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 | #97 | 4,482 |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 | #99 | 4,451 |
| 2003 | #5,795 | 20 | #100 | 4,317 |
| 2002 | #5,897 | 19 | #92 | 4,356 |
| 2001 | #5,570 | 20 | #88 | 4,557 |
| 2000 | #4,079 | 30 | #89 | 4,511 |
| 1999 | #5,661 | 18 | #88 | 4,319 |
| 1998 | #4,142 | 27 | #95 | 4,044 |
| 1997 | #3,716 | 30 | #99 | 3,998 |
| 1996 | #3,569 | 31 | #107 | 3,676 |
| 1995 | #3,285 | 34 | #107 | 3,531 |
| 1994 | #3,098 | 37 | #105 | 3,469 |
| 1993 | #2,573 | 48 | #103 | 3,535 |
| 1992 | #2,156 | 62 | #113 | 3,176 |
| 1991 | #4,059 | 25 | #118 | 2,787 |
| 1990 | #2,957 | 38 | #125 | 2,643 |
| 1989 | #3,253 | 32 | #148 | 2,086 |
| 1988 | #3,585 | 26 | #176 | 1,607 |
| 1987 | #4,660 | 17 | #173 | 1,586 |
| 1986 | #3,554 | 24 | #165 | 1,633 |
| 1985 | #3,852 | 21 | #179 | 1,459 |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 | #190 | 1,320 |
| 1983 | #3,242 | 25 | #187 | 1,334 |
| 1982 | #3,418 | 24 | #173 | 1,499 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | #168 | 1,488 |
| 1980 | #3,411 | 24 | #187 | 1,304 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 14 | #197 | 1,241 |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | #202 | 1,107 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | #206 | 1,082 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 | #203 | 1,076 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #210 | 1,025 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | #237 | 870 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 | #257 | 763 |
| 1972 | — | #276 | 702 | |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | #292 | 681 |
| 1970 | — | #326 | 587 | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #348 | 516 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #379 | 421 |
| 1967 | — | #431 | 310 | |
| 1966 | — | #431 | 313 | |
| 1965 | — | #464 | 282 | |
| 1964 | — | #458 | 300 | |
| 1963 | — | #494 | 262 | |
| 1962 | — | #505 | 247 | |
| 1961 | — | #506 | 247 | |
| 1960 | — | #557 | 201 | |
| 1959 | — | #539 | 211 | |
| 1958 | — | #537 | 205 | |
| 1957 | — | #534 | 211 | |
| 1956 | — | #567 | 178 | |
| 1955 | — | #592 | 154 | |
| 1954 | — | #582 | 161 | |
| 1953 | — | #583 | 152 | |
| 1952 | — | #529 | 175 | |
| 1951 | — | #562 | 149 | |
| 1950 | — | #642 | 117 | |
| 1949 | — | #633 | 117 | |
| 1948 | — | #576 | 134 | |
| 1947 | — | #638 | 116 | |
| 1946 | — | #626 | 105 | |
| 1945 | — | #650 | 86 | |
| 1944 | — | #633 | 94 | |
| 1943 | — | #787 | 69 | |
| 1942 | — | #839 | 60 | |
| 1941 | — | #729 | 72 | |
| 1940 | — | #653 | 85 | |
| 1939 | — | #754 | 64 | |
| 1938 | — | #784 | 61 | |
| 1937 | — | #697 | 74 | |
| 1936 | — | #774 | 62 | |
| 1935 | — | #662 | 81 | |
| 1934 | — | #691 | 78 | |
| 1933 | — | #642 | 81 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #668 | 83 |
| 1931 | — | #629 | 89 | |
| 1930 | — | #605 | 102 | |
| 1929 | — | #675 | 83 | |
| 1928 | — | #713 | 79 | |
| 1927 | — | #690 | 88 | |
| 1926 | — | #803 | 67 | |
| 1925 | — | #690 | 87 | |
| 1924 | — | #916 | 58 | |
| 1923 | — | #791 | 70 | |
| 1922 | — | #863 | 63 | |
| 1921 | — | #814 | 70 | |
| 1920 | — | #816 | 67 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,063 | 41 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,124 | 37 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,003 | 42 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,176 | 31 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,372 | 24 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,221 | 23 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,441 | 14 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,746 | 9 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,314 | 7 | |
| 1909 | — | #893 | 11 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,021 | 8 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,094 | 7 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,002 | 7 | |
| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
| 1903 | — | #846 | 8 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
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| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Alejandro! It came in at #936, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Alejandro is popular in 1951
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#190 · 1 in 1,104
- Arizona#270 · 1 in 2,115
- New Mexico#288 · 1 in 2,053
- California#363 · 1 in 5,632
- New York#716 · 1 in 31,643
Best ever in a state: #34 in California, 1996.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #190 | 99 | 1 in 1,104 |
| Arizona | #270 | 5 | 1 in 2,115 |
| New Mexico | #288 | 5 | 1 in 2,053 |
| California | #363 | 23 | 1 in 5,632 |
| New York | #716 | 5 | 1 in 31,643 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Alejandro
- 9 spots since 2024 (#186 → #195)
- 17 spots since 2020 (#212 → #195)
- 15 spots since 2015 (#180 → #195)
- Biggest jump: 247 spots in 1920 (#1,063 → #816)
- Biggest drop: 421 spots in 1910 (#893 → #1,314)
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 2001 at #88 (4,557 births)
- Births halved by 2016, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 10 yrs · run 1997–2006
- Top 1,000: 112 yrs · run 1920–2025
- Highest: 1 in 426 boys born in 2001 were named Alejandro (0.23%)
- Latest: 1 in 927 boys born in 2025 (0.11%)
- 29.4% of all boys named Alejandro (43,118) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #921 (1887) | #929 |
| 1890s | 10 | #994 (1890) | #1,058 |
| 1900s | 66 | #846 (1903) | #996 |
| 1910s | 228 | #1,003 (1917) | #1,273 |
| 1920s | 732 | #675 (1929) | #777 |
| 1930s | 775 | #605 (1930) | #691 |
| 1940s | 938 | #576 (1948) | #676 |
| 1950s | 1,713 | #529 (1952) | #567 |
| 1960s | 3,099 | #348 (1969) | #457 |
| 1970s | 9,134 | #197 (1979) | #241 |
| 1980s | 15,316 | #148 (1989) | #175 |
| 1990s | 35,178 | #88 (1999) | #106 |
| 2000s | 43,118 | #88 (2001) | #99 |
| 2010s | 25,033 | #103 (2010) | #167 |
| 2020s | 11,274 | #186 (2024) | #199 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Alejandro in 1951
Top boys' names in 1951
More about 1951
boys
1,882,837 boys got a published name in 1951; 1 in 12,636 of them was named Alejandro, which outranked 86.8% of the 4,253 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.