Girls' name · since 1915
Alexsandra
2,422 babies named Alexsandra in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,133 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,310 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,422
- born since 1915
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Alexsandra is the #13310 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,422 recorded since 1915.
Alexsandra has 2,422 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13310 as of the latest data, more common than 23% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #4,133 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,310 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,422 born since 1915
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alexsandra ranks #4,133 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,310 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,422 born since 1915, peaking in the 2000s.
- #4,133 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,310 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,422
- born since 1915
- 2000s
- peak decade
Alexsandra's 2,422 recorded births place it above 94.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
12 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Alexsandra compares
2,422 Top 20% higher than 80% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Alexsandra's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alexsandra | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,422 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 156 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alexsandra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Alexsandra's SSA record in two at 1995 and the more recent half accounts for 72% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 28%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1915, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 156, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Alexsandra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 156
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Alexsandra by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,018 births, 42% of the file).
2000s was Alexsandra's strongest decade.
1,018 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Alexsandra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1960s 16
1960s
16 births
- 1970s 91
1970s
91 births
- 1980s 233
1980s
233 births
- 1990s
1990s
697 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,018 births
- 2010s 308
2010s
308 births
- 2020s 49
2020s
49 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,018 births (42% of all-time use).
How Alexsandra compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Alexsandra's total volume
Alexsandra by state
Where Alexsandra concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 452 | 18.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 315 | 13.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 161 | 6.6% |
| #4 | Florida | | 98 | 4.0% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 82 | 3.4% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 36 | 1.5% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 15 | 0.6% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 7 | 0.3% |
452 of 2,422 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Alexsandra appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Alexsandra's data
- Alexsandra's decade-level peak was the 2000s (1,018 total births); usage has since declined to 49 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Alexsandras (452 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Alexsandra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~110 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1915–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Alexsandra draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.