Alexandria

#474 for girls in 2025, 647 births · Last seen for boys in 2006 at #12,055
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1993 · 5,027 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
12 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
104,548
since 1902

Alexandria over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201935peak #69, 1993girls
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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#474647—
2024#463678—
2023#403760—
2022#406775—
2021#353884—
2020#320983—
2019#2991,105—
2018#2821,184—
2017#2571,249—
2016#2181,477—
2015#2121,544—
2014#2111,609—
2013#2041,566—
2012#2051,523—
2011#2051,530—
2010#2041,515—
2009#2001,643—
2008#1891,794—
2007#1642,203—
2006#1472,335#12,0555
2005#1332,455#11,4725
2004#1252,653#6,13812
2003#1232,752#7,8318
2002#1063,148—
2001#913,404#10,5565
2000#913,549#7,4168
1999#833,789#9,9125
1998#814,009#9,6315
1997#784,234—
1996#774,563—
1995#724,772#5,9289
1994#734,840#5,10911
1993#695,027#4,02015
1992#734,796#3,45918
1991#784,470#4,76011
1990#953,595#3,97114
1989#1043,059#2,46926
1988#1242,275#4,45010
1987#1791,554#3,20115
1986#2321,120#4,13010
1985#289855#5,7856
1984#285848#4,2159
1983#398551—
1982#390592#5,0037
1981#404552—
1980#697244—
1979#836186—
1978#780196—
1977#959144—
1976#903146—
1975#896147—
1974#841156—
1973#934130—
1972#912136—
1971#895148—
1970#949134—
1969#951126—
1968#1,16686—
1967#1,10389—
1966#1,17882—
1965#1,30269—
1964#1,59351—
1963#1,33069—
1962#1,54053—
1961#1,56852—
1960#1,59749—
1959#1,82037—
1958#1,57846—
1957#1,70540—
1956#1,32961—
1955#1,87732—
1954#1,50545—
1953#1,56539—
1952#1,71333—
1951#1,38346—
1950#1,67931—
1949#1,48938—
1948#1,31349—
1947#1,63334—
1946#1,64729—
1945#1,31237—
1944#1,66125—
1943#1,55629—
1942#1,38734—
1941#1,44629—
1940#1,68222—
1939#1,51425—
1938#1,80519—
1937#1,91417#3,1756
1936#1,80118—
1935#1,77919—
1934#2,56711—
1933#2,16114—
1932#2,23514—
1931#2,42712—
1930#1,49927—
1929#1,52626—
1928#1,36632—
1927#1,58727—
1926#1,26238—
1925#1,40933—
1924#1,40934—
1923#1,24539#4,2395
1922#1,46431—
1921#1,23739—
1920#1,25537—
1919#1,10344—
1918#1,12643—
1917#1,18337—
1916#1,14738—
1915#1,19033—
1914#1,08031—
1913#1,06726—
1912#1,29717—
1911#1,37212—
1910#1,11016—
1909#1,15213—
1908#1,8626—
1907#1,6397—
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1905#1,9315#1,2335
1904#1,4867—
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1902#1,5946—
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First appearance
1902

The first year at least five girls were named Alexandria! It came in at #1,594, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1903, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Alexandria is popular in 1935

No state had 5 or more girls named Alexandria in 1935, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

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Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 11 spots since 2024 (#463 → #474)
  • 154 spots since 2020 (#320 → #474)
  • 262 spots since 2015 (#212 → #474)
  • Biggest jump: 293 spots in 1981 (#697 → #404)
  • Biggest drop: 60 spots in 2024 (#403 → #463)
Rise & fade · girls
91 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1902
  • Peaked 1993 at #69 (5,027 births)
  • Births halved by 2005, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 12 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 12 yrs · run 1990–2001
  • Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1969–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 360
  • Highest: 1 in 360 girls born in 1993 were named Alexandria (0.28%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,484 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 42.2% of all girls named Alexandria (44,095) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s44#1,152 (1909)#1,611
1910s297#1,067 (1913)#1,168
1920s336#1,237 (1921)#1,376
1930s176#1,499 (1930)#1,970
1940s326#1,312 (1945)#1,513
1950s410#1,329 (1956)#1,615
1960s726#951 (1969)#1,333
1970s1,523#780 (1978)#891
1980s11,650#104 (1989)#310
1990s44,095#69 (1993)#78
2000s25,936#91 (2000)#137
2010s14,302#204 (2013)#230
2020s4,727#320 (2020)#403

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.

Alexandria in 1935

girls
#1,779
19 births · 1 in 55,188 girls

Top girls' names in 1935

  1. #1Mary55,076
  2. #2Shirley42,366
  3. #3Barbara30,698
  4. #4Betty28,674
  5. #5Patricia22,879
  6. #6Dorothy19,406
  7. #7Joan18,220
  8. #8Margaret14,727
  9. #9Nancy14,544
  10. #10Helen12,785
  11. #1,779Alexandria19
More about 1935

girls

1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 55,188 of them was named Alexandria, which outranked 63.6% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alexandria
  1. #1,720Vena20
  2. #1,720Vennie20
  3. #1,720Wauneta20
  4. #1,779Alexandria19
  5. #1,779Afton19
  6. #1,779Annelle19
  7. #1,779Archie19
  8. #1,845Albertina18
  9. #1,845Alla18
  10. #1,845Alvira18

Tied with 65 names at #1,779; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,736Norita#3,449 → #713
  2. ↑ 1,073Shelby#1,913 → #840
  3. ↑ 672Darla#1,344 → #672
  4. ↑ 396Shirleyann#1,292 → #896
  5. ↑ 375Loris#1,236 → #861
Fallers
  1. ↓ 545Marcelina#938 → #1,483
  2. ↓ 456Tomasa#925 → #1,381
  3. ↓ 393Glendora#938 → #1,331
  4. ↓ 388Marceline#993 → #1,381
  5. ↓ 358Rheta#526 → #884

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

See the top 100 for 1935 →