Alexa
#1,029 for girls in 2025, 243 births · Last seen for boys in 2020 at #12,022
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2015 · 6,053 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 24 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 131,551since 1916
Alexa over time
Rank among girls' 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 | #1,029 | 243 | — | |
| 2024 | #806 | 349 | — | |
| 2023 | #606 | 492 | — | |
| 2022 | #535 | 577 | — | |
| 2021 | #440 | 708 | — | |
| 2020 | #230 | 1,285 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #139 | 2,002 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | #90 | 3,068 | #8,819 | 8 |
| 2017 | #66 | 3,896 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #51 | 4,775 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #32 | 6,053 | #5,999 | 14 |
| 2014 | #64 | 4,249 | #9,642 | 7 |
| 2013 | #60 | 4,106 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #57 | 4,297 | — | |
| 2011 | #55 | 4,510 | #8,767 | 8 |
| 2010 | #50 | 5,043 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #43 | 5,311 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #50 | 5,226 | #6,393 | 13 |
| 2007 | #40 | 5,785 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #39 | 6,117 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #66 | 4,664 | #7,096 | 10 |
| 2004 | #72 | 4,440 | #3,368 | 28 |
| 2003 | #67 | 4,598 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #69 | 4,401 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #78 | 3,898 | #6,013 | 11 |
| 2000 | #87 | 3,674 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #89 | 3,644 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #93 | 3,622 | — | |
| 1997 | #106 | 3,090 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #100 | 3,260 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #100 | 3,359 | — | |
| 1994 | #95 | 3,441 | #3,596 | 18 |
| 1993 | #107 | 3,037 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | #140 | 2,234 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #127 | 2,476 | #4,760 | 11 |
| 1990 | #146 | 2,131 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #203 | 1,305 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #273 | 918 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #294 | 821 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #432 | 498 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #816 | 200 | — | |
| 1984 | #775 | 208 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #745 | 219 | — | |
| 1982 | #767 | 215 | — | |
| 1981 | #743 | 222 | — | |
| 1980 | #859 | 179 | — | |
| 1979 | #875 | 176 | — | |
| 1978 | #846 | 175 | — | |
| 1977 | #792 | 189 | — | |
| 1976 | #723 | 202 | — | |
| 1975 | #702 | 211 | — | |
| 1974 | #690 | 213 | — | |
| 1973 | #847 | 152 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,169 | 92 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,488 | 68 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,270 | 86 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,303 | 75 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,231 | 79 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,682 | 46 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,058 | 32 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,247 | 28 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,195 | 30 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,015 | 34 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,651 | 47 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,921 | 36 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,953 | 34 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,234 | 26 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,733 | 39 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,458 | 53 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,871 | 33 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,597 | 41 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,801 | 33 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,565 | 39 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,333 | 52 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,254 | 55 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,495 | 38 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,376 | 45 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,327 | 48 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,357 | 46 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,860 | 24 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,874 | 20 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,199 | 16 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | — | |
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| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | — | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | — | |
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| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | — | |
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| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | — | |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | — | |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 | — | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | — | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | — | |
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| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | — | |
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| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | — | |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Alexa! It came in at #4,417, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1920, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Alexa is popular in 2005
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arizona#28 · 1 in 215
- Texas#34 · 1 in 262
- New Jersey#35 · 1 in 197
- Nevada#39 · 1 in 211
- Connecticut#40 · 1 in 198
Best ever in a state: #11 in Nevada, 2006.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | #28 | 165 | 1 in 215 |
| Texas | #34 | 614 | 1 in 262 |
| New Jersey | #35 | 206 | 1 in 197 |
| Nevada | #39 | 55 | 1 in 211 |
| Connecticut | #40 | 72 | 1 in 198 |
| New York | #42 | 382 | 1 in 249 |
| Wyoming | #43 | 10 | 1 in 132 |
| California | #45 | 845 | 1 in 273 |
| Delaware | #46 | 18 | 1 in 172 |
| Colorado | #52 | 87 | 1 in 284 |
| Rhode Island | #54 | 19 | 1 in 197 |
| Utah | #54 | 64 | 1 in 287 |
| North Dakota | #55 | 13 | 1 in 186 |
| Nebraska | #58 | 36 | 1 in 230 |
| Pennsylvania | #61 | 185 | 1 in 297 |
| Illinois | #62 | 202 | 1 in 332 |
| Florida | #63 | 262 | 1 in 327 |
| Iowa | #64 | 48 | 1 in 285 |
| Idaho | #67 | 24 | 1 in 286 |
| Massachusetts | #69 | 93 | 1 in 306 |
| Minnesota | #70 | 80 | 1 in 325 |
| Oregon | #71 | 51 | 1 in 312 |
| New Mexico | #73 | 27 | 1 in 309 |
| Maryland | #74 | 71 | 1 in 349 |
| Kansas | #79 | 41 | 1 in 336 |
| Washington | #80 | 75 | 1 in 391 |
| New Hampshire | #89 | 13 | 1 in 340 |
| Michigan | #91 | 102 | 1 in 464 |
| Ohio | #92 | 132 | 1 in 434 |
| Oklahoma | #99 | 39 | 1 in 427 |
| Wisconsin | #99 | 55 | 1 in 455 |
| Virginia | #104 | 76 | 1 in 488 |
| North Carolina | #105 | 88 | 1 in 516 |
| Arkansas | #108 | 26 | 1 in 473 |
| Montana | #116 | 8 | 1 in 353 |
| Indiana | #119 | 62 | 1 in 524 |
| Missouri | #132 | 48 | 1 in 604 |
| Alaska | #141 | 6 | 1 in 383 |
| Tennessee | #144 | 46 | 1 in 676 |
| Georgia | #148 | 74 | 1 in 695 |
| Alabama | #156 | 27 | 1 in 731 |
| Hawaii | #160 | 7 | 1 in 473 |
| Kentucky | #176 | 25 | 1 in 788 |
| South Dakota | #176 | 6 | 1 in 536 |
| Mississippi | #190 | 15 | 1 in 772 |
| South Carolina | #194 | 21 | 1 in 831 |
| District of Columbia | #199 | 5 | 1 in 627 |
| Louisiana | #200 | 23 | 1 in 856 |
| West Virginia | #224 | 8 | 1 in 858 |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Alexa
- 223 spots since 2024 (#806 → #1,029)
- 799 spots since 2020 (#230 → #1,029)
- 997 spots since 2015 (#32 → #1,029)
- Biggest jump: 384 spots in 1986 (#816 → #432)
- Biggest drop: 223 spots in 2025 (#806 → #1,029)
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 2015 at #32 (6,053 births)
- Births halved by 2019, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 24 yrs · run 1998–2018
- Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1973–2024
- Highest: 1 in 295 girls born in 2015 were named Alexa (0.34%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,614 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 36.6% of all girls named Alexa (48,114) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 10 | #4,417 (1916) | #4,506 |
| 1920s | 45 | #3,116 (1925) | #4,278 |
| 1930s | 17 | #3,434 (1937) | #3,990 |
| 1940s | 219 | #1,327 (1948) | #2,399 |
| 1950s | 409 | #1,254 (1951) | #1,634 |
| 1960s | 441 | #1,231 (1968) | #1,826 |
| 1970s | 1,564 | #690 (1974) | #940 |
| 1980s | 4,785 | #203 (1989) | #591 |
| 1990s | 30,294 | #89 (1999) | #110 |
| 2000s | 48,114 | #39 (2006) | #61 |
| 2010s | 41,999 | #32 (2015) | #66 |
| 2020s | 3,654 | #230 (2020) | #608 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Alexa in 2005
Top girls' names in 2005
Top boys' names in 2005
More about 2005
girls
1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 396 of them was named Alexa, which outranked 99.7% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 199,731 of them was named Alexa, which outranked 46.9% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #6,634Zoltan11
- #6,634Zubair11
- #6,634Zyier11
- #7,096Alexa10
- #7,096Aadarsh10
- #7,096Aaliyah10
- #7,096Aarin10
- #7,640Aashish9
- #7,640Abdelaziz9
- #7,640Abdoulie9
Tied with 543 names at #7,096; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.