Alixandra — girls' name
984 babies named Alixandra in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
47% of everyone ever named Alixandra was born in this single decade.
60 babies were named Alixandra in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alixandra
The Social Security Administration has registered 984 babies named Alixandra between 1972 and 2022, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alixandra currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 60 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alixandra performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 465 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Alixandra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 67 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Alixandra in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alixandra 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 984 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.
Alixandra at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Alixandra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1972
- Peak year (1991)
- 60
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
984 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 60 births in a single year.
Alixandra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 465 births that decade — 47% of Alixandra's all-time total
Alixandra decade highlights
- Peak decade 465 births
- Runner-up 225 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Alixandra's strongest decade
465 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Alixandra by state
Where Alixandra concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 67 | 6.8% |
| #2 | New York | | 12 | 1.2% |
| #3 | Florida | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Texas | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Minnesota | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Washington | | 6 | 0.6% |
67 of 984 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 6.8% of nationwide
- New York 1.2% of nationwide
- Florida 1.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.0% of nationwide
- Texas 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Alixandra appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1972–2022 (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.