Alexza — girls' name
220 babies named Alexza in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
220 girls have been named Alexza since 1976, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2017.
- 220
- total births
- 1976–2017
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 64%
- born in that decade
64% of everyone ever named Alexza was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Alexza in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alexza
The Social Security Administration has registered 220 babies named Alexza between 1976 and 2017, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alexza currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alexza performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 141 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Alexza shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 32 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Alexza in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alexza 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 220 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.
Alexza at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Alexza popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1976
- Peak year (2009)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
220 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 21 births in a single year.
Alexza by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 141 births that decade — 64% of Alexza's all-time total
Alexza decade highlights
- Peak decade 141 births
- Runner-up 45 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Alexza's strongest decade
141 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 64% of all-time use.
Alexza by state
Where Alexza concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 32 | 14.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 5 | 2.3% |
| #3 | Texas | | 5 | 2.3% |
32 of 220 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 14.5% of nationwide
- New York 2.3% of nationwide
- Texas 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 14.5% 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, 1976–2017 (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.