Alexander
#7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births · #30 for boys in 2025, 7,230 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2009 · 18,254 births
- Debut · boys
- 211 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 77 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 736,123since 1880
Alexander 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 | #7,491 | 14 | #30 | 7,230 |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 | #27 | 7,547 |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 | #22 | 7,918 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 | #17 | 8,757 |
| 2021 | #5,748 | 21 | #13 | 9,425 |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 | #10 | 10,268 |
| 2019 | #5,449 | 23 | #10 | 11,327 |
| 2018 | #6,010 | 20 | #11 | 12,110 |
| 2017 | #5,821 | 21 | #13 | 12,577 |
| 2016 | #6,663 | 18 | #11 | 13,446 |
| 2015 | #5,833 | 22 | #8 | 14,584 |
| 2014 | #4,350 | 33 | #8 | 15,449 |
| 2013 | #4,645 | 30 | #8 | 14,923 |
| 2012 | #4,957 | 28 | #9 | 15,259 |
| 2011 | #4,244 | 34 | #8 | 15,717 |
| 2010 | #3,572 | 44 | #6 | 16,769 |
| 2009 | #4,370 | 34 | #4 | 18,254 |
| 2008 | #3,645 | 44 | #6 | 18,711 |
| 2007 | #3,983 | 39 | #11 | 18,150 |
| 2006 | #3,176 | 52 | #12 | 18,235 |
| 2005 | #2,670 | 63 | #13 | 18,130 |
| 2004 | #1,684 | 115 | #15 | 17,925 |
| 2003 | #2,800 | 55 | #16 | 17,714 |
| 2002 | #2,046 | 84 | #15 | 17,718 |
| 2001 | #2,881 | 50 | #20 | 16,720 |
| 2000 | #2,403 | 64 | #20 | 17,290 |
| 1999 | #1,707 | 96 | #21 | 17,420 |
| 1998 | #1,867 | 82 | #22 | 17,466 |
| 1997 | #1,845 | 80 | #22 | 17,112 |
| 1996 | #1,656 | 92 | #22 | 17,964 |
| 1995 | #1,197 | 143 | #21 | 19,456 |
| 1994 | #1,095 | 164 | #22 | 20,101 |
| 1993 | #1,034 | 178 | #21 | 20,530 |
| 1992 | #929 | 209 | #23 | 20,069 |
| 1991 | #967 | 194 | #26 | 17,640 |
| 1990 | #873 | 223 | #28 | 16,194 |
| 1989 | #803 | 237 | #32 | 14,523 |
| 1988 | #602 | 331 | #34 | 13,341 |
| 1987 | #810 | 216 | #37 | 11,835 |
| 1986 | #809 | 207 | #41 | 10,609 |
| 1985 | #1,023 | 147 | #50 | 8,295 |
| 1984 | #1,144 | 119 | #54 | 6,492 |
| 1983 | #1,475 | 78 | #63 | 4,806 |
| 1982 | #1,445 | 83 | #65 | 4,593 |
| 1981 | #1,867 | 58 | #70 | 4,237 |
| 1980 | #2,014 | 52 | #91 | 3,279 |
| 1979 | #2,582 | 35 | #94 | 3,058 |
| 1978 | #2,431 | 36 | #98 | 2,738 |
| 1977 | #2,666 | 31 | #96 | 2,704 |
| 1976 | #2,439 | 33 | #107 | 2,443 |
| 1975 | #2,612 | 29 | #105 | 2,439 |
| 1974 | #2,066 | 40 | #112 | 2,354 |
| 1973 | #2,405 | 31 | #116 | 2,259 |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 | #129 | 2,116 |
| 1971 | #3,266 | 20 | #134 | 2,358 |
| 1970 | #3,577 | 17 | #137 | 2,463 |
| 1969 | #2,844 | 22 | #150 | 2,012 |
| 1968 | #3,315 | 16 | #154 | 1,773 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | #178 | 1,454 |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | #182 | 1,368 |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 | #191 | 1,321 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | #212 | 1,288 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #214 | 1,308 |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 | #221 | 1,218 |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 | #223 | 1,227 |
| 1960 | #3,512 | 13 | #232 | 1,199 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 | #233 | 1,166 |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 | #220 | 1,188 |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | #212 | 1,264 |
| 1956 | — | #211 | 1,235 | |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | #208 | 1,170 |
| 1954 | — | #200 | 1,236 | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #195 | 1,262 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | #186 | 1,283 |
| 1951 | — | #190 | 1,212 | |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | #189 | 1,164 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #180 | 1,185 |
| 1948 | — | #183 | 1,129 | |
| 1947 | — | #190 | 1,081 | |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | #188 | 964 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #178 | 891 |
| 1944 | — | #183 | 864 | |
| 1943 | — | #178 | 924 | |
| 1942 | — | #184 | 861 | |
| 1941 | — | #184 | 818 | |
| 1940 | — | #188 | 760 | |
| 1939 | — | #186 | 723 | |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | #193 | 666 |
| 1937 | — | #191 | 675 | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #200 | 613 |
| 1935 | — | #186 | 702 | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #200 | 616 |
| 1933 | — | #187 | 659 | |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | #178 | 774 |
| 1931 | — | #172 | 795 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #168 | 872 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | #156 | 985 |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | #152 | 1,048 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | #146 | 1,092 |
| 1926 | — | #146 | 1,150 | |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | #137 | 1,224 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #129 | 1,381 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #129 | 1,293 |
| 1922 | — | #125 | 1,359 | |
| 1921 | — | #116 | 1,533 | |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #117 | 1,474 |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | #113 | 1,422 |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | #104 | 1,591 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #97 | 1,664 |
| 1916 | #3,031 | 9 | #99 | 1,584 |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | #103 | 1,432 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | #98 | 1,169 |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #98 | 937 |
| 1912 | — | #97 | 803 | |
| 1911 | — | #94 | 426 | |
| 1910 | — | #101 | 324 | |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | #107 | 255 |
| 1908 | — | #104 | 246 | |
| 1907 | — | #92 | 279 | |
| 1906 | — | #105 | 204 | |
| 1905 | — | #103 | 210 | |
| 1904 | — | #103 | 203 | |
| 1903 | — | #100 | 195 | |
| 1902 | — | #93 | 216 | |
| 1901 | — | #102 | 162 | |
| 1900 | — | #93 | 260 | |
| 1899 | — | #97 | 178 | |
| 1898 | — | #106 | 180 | |
| 1897 | — | #103 | 172 | |
| 1896 | — | #87 | 232 | |
| 1895 | — | #97 | 199 | |
| 1894 | — | #95 | 199 | |
| 1893 | — | #83 | 218 | |
| 1892 | — | #95 | 202 | |
| 1891 | — | #95 | 172 | |
| 1890 | — | #85 | 202 | |
| 1889 | — | #93 | 185 | |
| 1888 | — | #82 | 237 | |
| 1887 | — | #87 | 180 | |
| 1886 | — | #83 | 206 | |
| 1885 | — | #78 | 205 | |
| 1884 | — | #76 | 236 | |
| 1883 | — | #80 | 187 | |
| 1882 | — | #79 | 225 | |
| 1881 | — | #71 | 209 | |
| 1880 | — | #73 | 211 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Alexander was already there! It came in at #73, and was given to 211 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1906, when fewer than 220 boys a year got the name.
Where Alexander is popular in 1925
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#57 · 1 in 303
- Connecticut#64 · 1 in 357
- Hawaii#68 · 1 in 247
- Massachusetts#70 · 1 in 417
- Pennsylvania#78 · 1 in 519
Best ever in a state: #1 in Illinois, 2008.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #57 | 98 | 1 in 303 |
| Connecticut | #64 | 34 | 1 in 357 |
| Hawaii | #68 | 13 | 1 in 247 |
| Massachusetts | #70 | 82 | 1 in 417 |
| Pennsylvania | #78 | 170 | 1 in 519 |
| Rhode Island | #79 | 12 | 1 in 448 |
| New York | #85 | 188 | 1 in 509 |
| Arizona | #86 | 11 | 1 in 343 |
| New Hampshire | #91 | 7 | 1 in 472 |
| District of Columbia | #97 | 5 | 1 in 680 |
| Michigan | #103 | 63 | 1 in 626 |
| South Carolina | #112 | 30 | 1 in 641 |
| North Carolina | #114 | 55 | 1 in 620 |
| Florida | #121 | 21 | 1 in 629 |
| Virginia | #122 | 34 | 1 in 685 |
| California | #127 | 51 | 1 in 717 |
| Ohio | #128 | 56 | 1 in 948 |
| Montana | #131 | 5 | 1 in 801 |
| Maryland | #133 | 12 | 1 in 1,106 |
| Illinois | #147 | 55 | 1 in 1,074 |
| West Virginia | #163 | 16 | 1 in 1,101 |
| Georgia | #183 | 21 | 1 in 1,350 |
| Wisconsin | #184 | 15 | 1 in 1,585 |
| Mississippi | #188 | 15 | 1 in 1,273 |
| Maine | #193 | 5 | 1 in 1,289 |
| Tennessee | #210 | 15 | 1 in 1,621 |
| Washington | #210 | 5 | 1 in 1,968 |
| Indiana | #225 | 11 | 1 in 2,340 |
| Colorado | #228 | 5 | 1 in 1,733 |
| Alabama | #257 | 13 | 1 in 2,046 |
| Louisiana | #269 | 11 | 1 in 1,759 |
| Missouri | #292 | 9 | 1 in 3,295 |
| Texas | #296 | 29 | 1 in 1,907 |
| Minnesota | #298 | 6 | 1 in 3,568 |
| Kentucky | #303 | 10 | 1 in 2,591 |
| Oklahoma | #369 | 6 | 1 in 3,824 |
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| Oregon | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Alexander
- 3 spots since 2024 (#27 → #30)
- 20 spots since 2020 (#10 → #30)
- 22 spots since 2015 (#8 → #30)
- Biggest jump: 24 spots in 1968 (#178 → #154)
- Biggest drop: 16 spots in 1897 (#87 → #103)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2009 at #4 (18,254 births)
- Births halved by 2022, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: 10 yrs · run 2008–2015
- Top 100: 77 yrs · run 1977–2025
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 96 boys born in 1993 were named Alexander (1.0%)
- Latest: 1 in 236 boys born in 2025 (0.42%)
- Its best rank, #4 in 2009, was only 1 in 109 (0.92%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 25.0% of all boys named Alexander (183,952) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,081 | #71 (1881) | #80 |
| 1890s | 1,954 | #83 (1893) | #94 |
| 1900s | 2,230 | #92 (1907) | #100 |
| 1910s | 11,352 | #94 (1911) | #100 |
| 1920s | 12,539 | #116 (1921) | #135 |
| 1930s | 7,095 | #168 (1930) | #186 |
| 1940s | 9,477 | #178 (1943) | #184 |
| 1950s | 12,180 | #186 (1952) | #204 |
| 1960s | 14,168 | #150 (1969) | #196 |
| 1970s | 24,932 | #94 (1979) | #113 |
| 1980s | 82,010 | #32 (1989) | #54 |
| 1990s | 183,952 | #21 (1993) | #23 |
| 2000s | 178,847 | #4 (2009) | #13 |
| 2010s | 142,161 | #6 (2010) | #9 |
| 2020s | 51,145 | #10 (2020) | #20 |
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.
Alexander in 1925
Top girls' names in 1925
Top boys' names in 1925
More about 1925
girls
1,217,384 girls got a published name in 1925; 1 in 202,897 of them was named Alexander, which outranked 23.3% of the 5,771 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,028Yuki7
- #4,028Zenia7
- #4,028Zuma7
- #4,426Alexander6
- #4,426Adam6
- #4,426Adena6
- #4,426Adene6
- #4,973Adalee5
- #4,973Adean5
- #4,973Adelfa5
Tied with 546 names at #4,426; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,115,919 boys got a published name in 1925; 1 in 912 of them was named Alexander, which outranked 97.2% of the 4,867 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.