Recorded 1973–2019 Girls' name Peak 2009 631 births

Alexsa — girls' name

631 babies named Alexsa in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s261980s131990s1602000s2642010s168
2000s
Peak decade

42% of everyone ever named Alexsa was born in this single decade.

2009
Single peak year

41 babies were named Alexsa in 2009 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Alexsa

The Social Security Administration has registered 631 babies named Alexsa between 1973 and 2019, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alexsa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 41 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alexsa performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 264 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Alexsa shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 85 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Alexsa in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alexsa 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 631 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.

Alexsa at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

631

Since 1973

47 years of records

Peak year

2009

41 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1973

Recorded for 47 years

Last year on file: 2019

Alexsa popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1973

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2009)
41
Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
01020304050 20192014200920041999199419891973 8

Alexsa by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
264 births that decade — 42% of Alexsa's all-time total
1970s261980s131990s1602000s2642010s168

Alexsa by state

Where Alexsa concentrates geographically — total births since 1973

Geographically diffuse
Top 4 states by recorded births for the name Alexsa
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
85 13.5%
#2 New York
20 3.2%
#3 Texas
16 2.5%
#4 Illinois
5 0.8%
California share of Alexsa's total US births 13.5%
Even split

85 of 631 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Alexsa?
631 babies have been named Alexsa since 1973. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2009 with 41 births.
When was Alexsa most popular?
Alexsa was most popular in the 2000s decade with 264 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
Where is Alexsa most popular?
The top states for the name Alexsa are California (85 births), New York (20 births), Texas (16 births).
How long has the name Alexsa been used?
Alexsa has been recorded in Social Security data since 1973, spanning 47 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Alexsa?
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.

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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, 1973–2019 (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.