Alexandra

#237 for girls in 2025, 1,314 births · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #12,146
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1995 · 10,160 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
32 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
245,451
since 1894

Alexandra over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201895peak #26, 1995girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2371,314—
2024#2211,390—
2023#2041,473—
2022#1901,552—
2021#1691,726#12,1465
2020#1381,966#12,0225
2019#1302,133—
2018#1252,410—
2017#1202,607—
2016#1102,855—
2015#1003,007—
2014#923,316—
2013#823,509#8,7898
2012#763,483—
2011#763,630—
2010#644,021#7,08711
2009#694,166#10,9946
2008#614,612#9,0198
2007#495,354#6,26213
2006#406,101#4,67519
2005#376,319#5,57814
2004#376,625#3,53426
2003#386,545#3,97621
2002#386,936#4,32218
2001#387,045#3,51224
2000#367,550#4,78515
1999#328,163#3,48022
1998#278,608#3,84918
1997#308,752#3,73818
1996#2610,025#2,59029
1995#2610,160#2,84725
1994#2810,226#2,61828
1993#2810,683#2,12337
1992#2910,221#2,04638
1991#369,460#2,40629
1990#378,508#1,61551
1989#437,680#1,03799
1988#496,972#1,64543
1987#595,220#1,86434
1986#723,808#1,91731
1985#923,017#2,29323
1984#962,814#2,23223
1983#1631,699#2,91215
1982#1801,527#3,48212
1981#2201,207#4,5098
1980#284873#3,25613
1979#290827#5,3556
1978#302764—
1977#317745#4,5827
1976#324691#3,26411
1975#314723#3,24611
1974#319708#5,2275
1973#330675#3,6948
1972#354624#3,3449
1971#389577#4,9075
1970#380626#4,7245
1969#405549#3,3148
1968#408522—
1967#483385—
1966#531316—
1965#542306—
1964#573295—
1963#657236—
1962#705215—
1961#708217—
1960#715203—
1959#719194—
1958#761171—
1957#754175—
1956#736172—
1955#754158—
1954#714167—
1953#760144—
1952#699164—
1951#753136—
1950#803117—
1949#683150—
1948#753128—
1947#697147—
1946#698133—
1945#692116—
1944#681120—
1943#681124—
1942#679120—
1941#89467—
1940#89464—
1939#85767—
1938#86666—
1937#1,03547—
1936#94153—
1935#1,03145—
1934#99348—
1933#1,08541—
1932#1,44827—
1931#1,94117—
1930#1,32033—
1929#1,59824—
1928#1,46929—
1927#1,23340—
1926#1,22040—
1925#1,25239—
1924#1,25840—
1923#1,17443—
1922#1,36634—
1921#1,13645#4,3225
1920#1,28236—
1919#1,09045—
1918#1,06147—
1917#1,04046—
1916#1,02645—
1915#94449—
1914#1,00335—
1913#1,52815—
1912#1,11722—
1911#1,30013—
1910#1,52110—
1909#1,4719—
1908#1,8626—
1907#1,3849—
1906#1,5537—
1905#1,2989—
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1903#1,3188—
1902#1,13310—
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1894#1,4855—
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First appearance
1894

The first year at least five girls were named Alexandra! It came in at #1,485, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1896–1901, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Alexandra is popular in 1895

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Alexandra
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 16 spots since 2024 (#221 → #237)
  • 99 spots since 2020 (#138 → #237)
  • 137 spots since 2015 (#100 → #237)
  • Biggest jump: 215 spots in 1942 (#894 → #679)
  • Biggest drop: 120 spots in 1950 (#683 → #803)
Rise & fade · girls
101 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1894
  • Peaked 1995 at #26 (10,160 births)
  • Births halved by 2008, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 32 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 32 yrs · run 1984–2015
  • Top 1,000: 91 yrs · run 1938–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 169
  • Highest: 1 in 169 girls born in 1993 were named Alexandra (0.59%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,223 girls born in 2025 (0.08%)
  • Its best rank, #26 in 1995, was only 1 in 173 (0.58%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 38.6% of all girls named Alexandra (94,806) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s13#1,202 (1895)#1,344
1900s58#1,133 (1902)#1,431
1910s327#944 (1915)#1,163
1920s370#1,136 (1921)#1,299
1930s444#857 (1939)#1,152
1940s1,169#679 (1942)#735
1950s1,598#699 (1952)#745
1960s3,244#405 (1969)#573
1970s6,960#290 (1979)#332
1980s34,817#43 (1989)#126
1990s94,806#26 (1995)#30
2000s61,253#36 (2000)#44
2010s30,971#64 (2010)#98
2020s9,421#138 (2020)#193

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.

Alexandra in 1895

girls
#1,202
8 births · 1 in 29,203 girls

Top girls' names in 1895

  1. #1Mary13,447
  2. #2Anna5,950
  3. #3Helen4,023
  4. #4Margaret3,931
  5. #5Elizabeth3,603
  6. #6Ruth3,551
  7. #7Florence3,471
  8. #8Ethel3,391
  9. #9Marie3,011
  10. #10Emma2,952
  11. #1,202Alexandra8
More about 1895

girls

233,627 girls got a published name in 1895; 1 in 29,203 of them was named Alexandra, which outranked 33.5% of the 1,808 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alexandra
  1. #1,123Tula9
  2. #1,123Zenobia9
  3. #1,123Zeta9
  4. #1,202Alexandra8
  5. #1,202Alexina8
  6. #1,202Alverta8
  7. #1,202Arminta8
  8. #1,299Achsa7
  9. #1,299Adelle7
  10. #1,299Aleta7

Tied with 96 names at #1,202; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1894
Risers
  1. ↑ 715Glenn#1,353 → #638
  2. ↑ 670Drusilla#1,485 → #815
  3. ↑ 670Gertha#1,485 → #815
  4. ↑ 670Lorine#1,485 → #815
  5. ↑ 627Leva#1,485 → #858
Fallers
  1. ↓ 848Gina#744 → #1,592
  2. ↓ 848Laurel#744 → #1,592
  3. ↓ 848Pennie#744 → #1,592
  4. ↓ 810Buena#782 → #1,592
  5. ↓ 780Albertina#812 → #1,592

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1895 →