Recorded 1997–2019 Girls' name Peak 2006 475 births

Alexiah — girls' name

475 babies named Alexiah in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s252000s2702010s180
2000s
Peak decade

57% of everyone ever named Alexiah was born in this single decade.

2006
Single peak year

43 babies were named Alexiah in 2006 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Alexiah

The Social Security Administration has registered 475 babies named Alexiah between 1997 and 2019, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alexiah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 43 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alexiah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 270 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Alexiah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 38 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Alexiah in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alexiah 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 475 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.

Alexiah at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

475

Since 1997

23 years of records

Peak year

2006

43 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1997

Recorded for 23 years

Last year on file: 2019

Alexiah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1997

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2006)
43
Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
01020304050 201920162013201020072004200119981997 5

Alexiah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
270 births that decade — 57% of Alexiah's all-time total
1990s252000s2702010s180

Alexiah by state

Where Alexiah concentrates geographically — total births since 1997

Geographically diffuse
Top 4 states by recorded births for the name Alexiah
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
38 8.0%
#2 Texas
19 4.0%
#3 Florida
5 1.1%
#4 Indiana
5 1.1%
California share of Alexiah's total US births 8.0%
Even split

38 of 475 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Alexiah?
475 babies have been named Alexiah since 1997. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2006 with 43 births.
When was Alexiah most popular?
Alexiah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 270 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
Where is Alexiah most popular?
The top states for the name Alexiah are California (38 births), Texas (19 births), Florida (5 births).
How long has the name Alexiah been used?
Alexiah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1997, spanning 23 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Alexiah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Alexis, Alexandra, Alexa, Alexandria, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1997–2019 (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.