Alejando — boys' name
29 babies named Alejando in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
29 boys have been named Alejando since 1974, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2001.
- 29
- total births
- 1974–2001
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 38%
- born in that decade
38% of everyone ever named Alejando was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Alejando in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alejando
The Social Security Administration has registered 29 babies named Alejando between 1974 and 2001, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alejando currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alejando performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Alejando shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Alejando in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alejando in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 29 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Alejando at a glance
Last recorded 2001Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Alejando popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1974
- Peak year (1991)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2001.
29 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 7 births in a single year.
Alejando by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 11 births that decade — 38% of Alejando's all-time total
Alejando decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Alejando's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Alejando by state
Where Alejando concentrates geographically — total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 17.2% |
5 of 29 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 17.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 17.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1974–2001 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.