Alexandra — #221 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Alexandra

The Social Security Administration has registered 244,128 babies named Alexandra between 1894 and 2024, spanning 131 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alexandra currently holds the #221 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 10,682 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alexandra performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 94,802 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Alexandra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 35,185 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Alexandra in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alexandra 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 244,128 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.