Meaning not yet researched.
Alexandra: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,314 in 2025. Its best rank was #26 in 1996.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #26 in 1996; #237 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Alexandra in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#237 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1996, at #26.
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Alexandra: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,314 girls in 2025. Peak: #26 in 1996 · most girls in one year: 10,683 (1993).
In 2025, 1,314 US girls were named Alexandra, making it the 237th most common girls’ name of the year, down 16 places from #221 in 2024. That is 76 fewer than the 1,390 girls named Alexandra in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #26, reached in 1996. The most girls given the name in a single year was 10,683, in 1993. For comparison, it was #100 in 2015 and #803 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Alexandra in 125 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1894 with 5 babies. In all, 246,320 US babies have been given the name, 99.6% of them girls and 0.4% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 95,101 babies named Alexandra.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 19,426 US girls were named Alexandra; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 2,855. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,223 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Alexandra ranked highest in District of Columbia in 2025, at #93 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Alexandria (104,778 babies since 1880), Sandy (79,530 babies since 1880), Alejandra (54,545 babies since 1880) and Alessandra (24,836 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Alyxandra, Sanda and Alexondra are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Alex, Alla, Sandra and Sandy.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Asturian, Catalan, Czech, Dutch, Galician and Slovak. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Alyxandra (742), Sanda (604), Alexondra (54), Allexandra (25), Alaxandra (21), Alecsandra (16), Alexaundra (15), Alexendra (13), Alexanndra (7), Alexandrah (6), Alekzandra (5), Alexsondra (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 13 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 8 | #93 | #26 |
| Rhode Island | 8 | #107 | #70 |
| New York | 124 | #126 | #55 |
| New Hampshire | 8 | #151 | #82 |
| Maryland | 31 | #157 | #70 |
| California | 195 | #158 | #83 |
| Massachusetts | 34 | #164 | #58 |
| Florida | 104 | #168 | #83 |
| Virginia | 48 | #169 | #73 |
| Connecticut | 18 | #176 | #44 |
| New Jersey | 45 | #180 | #47 |
| Wisconsin | 25 | #220 | #160 |
| Washington | 32 | #227 | #137 |
| Pennsylvania | 49 | #228 | #81 |
| Illinois | 44 | #231 | #65 |
| Minnesota | 24 | #232 | #128 |
| South Dakota | 5 | #235 | — |
| Idaho | 9 | #248 | #217 |
| Texas | 137 | #253 | #108 |
| Ohio | 41 | #268 | #169 |
| Oklahoma | 15 | #273 | #152 |
| North Carolina | 40 | #273 | #119 |
| Arizona | 25 | #283 | #110 |
| Louisiana | 15 | #297 | #188 |
| Oregon | 12 | #298 | #84 |
| Colorado | 20 | #298 | #98 |
| South Carolina | 16 | #312 | #209 |
| Alabama | 15 | #319 | #243 |
| Nevada | 8 | #330 | #66 |
| Arkansas | 9 | #336 | #314 |
| Nebraska | 6 | #341 | #151 |
| Georgia | 29 | #382 | #169 |
| Utah | 11 | #386 | #214 |
| Missouri | 15 | #388 | #208 |
| Michigan | 21 | #406 | #161 |
| Indiana | 16 | #420 | #221 |
| Kentucky | 9 | #443 | #261 |
| Tennessee | 15 | #498 | #187 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,314 | #237 | — | — |
| 2024 | 1,390 | #221 | — | — |
| 2023 | 1,473 | #204 | — | — |
| 2022 | 1,552 | #190 | — | — |
| 2021 | 1,726 | #169 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2020 | 1,966 | #138 | 5 | #12,118 |
| 2019 | 2,133 | #130 | — | — |
| 2018 | 2,410 | #125 | — | — |
| 2017 | 2,607 | #120 | — | — |
| 2016 | 2,855 | #110 | — | — |
| 2015 | 3,007 | #100 | — | — |
| 2014 | 3,316 | #92 | — | — |
| 2013 | 3,509 | #82 | 8 | #8,822 |
| 2012 | 3,483 | #76 | — | — |
| 2011 | 3,630 | #76 | — | — |
| 2010 | 4,021 | #64 | 11 | #7,097 |
| 2009 | 4,166 | #69 | 6 | #11,049 |
| 2008 | 4,612 | #61 | 8 | #9,040 |
| 2007 | 5,354 | #49 | 13 | #6,280 |
| 2006 | 6,101 | #40 | 19 | #4,683 |
| 2005 | 6,319 | #37 | 14 | #5,585 |
| 2004 | 6,625 | #37 | 26 | #3,536 |
| 2003 | 6,545 | #38 | 21 | #3,979 |
| 2002 | 6,936 | #38 | 18 | #4,324 |
| 2001 | 7,045 | #38 | 24 | #3,514 |
| 2000 | 7,550 | #36 | 15 | #4,793 |
| 1999 | 8,163 | #32 | 22 | #3,483 |
| 1998 | 8,608 | #27 | 18 | #3,851 |
| 1997 | 8,752 | #30 | 18 | #3,739 |
| 1996 | 10,025 | #26 | 29 | #2,594 |
| 1995 | 10,160 | #26 | 25 | #2,850 |
| 1994 | 10,226 | #28 | 28 | #2,620 |
| 1993 | 10,683 | #28 | 37 | #2,123 |
| 1992 | 10,221 | #29 | 38 | #2,047 |
| 1991 | 9,460 | #36 | 29 | #2,406 |
| 1990 | 8,508 | #37 | 51 | #1,615 |
| 1989 | 7,680 | #43 | 99 | #1,037 |
| 1988 | 6,972 | #49 | 43 | #1,645 |
| 1987 | 5,220 | #59 | 34 | #1,864 |
| 1986 | 3,808 | #72 | 31 | #1,917 |
| 1985 | 3,017 | #92 | 23 | #2,296 |
| 1984 | 2,814 | #96 | 23 | #2,233 |
| 1983 | 1,699 | #163 | 15 | #2,915 |
| 1982 | 1,527 | #180 | 12 | #3,490 |
| 1981 | 1,207 | #220 | 8 | #4,521 |
| 1980 | 873 | #284 | 13 | #3,259 |
| 1979 | 827 | #290 | 6 | #5,374 |
| 1978 | 764 | #302 | — | — |
| 1977 | 745 | #317 | 7 | #4,598 |
| 1976 | 691 | #324 | 11 | #3,268 |
| 1975 | 723 | #314 | 11 | #3,250 |
| 1974 | 708 | #319 | 5 | #5,244 |
| 1973 | 675 | #330 | 8 | #3,701 |
| 1972 | 624 | #354 | 9 | #3,350 |
| 1971 | 577 | #389 | 5 | #4,926 |
| 1970 | 626 | #380 | 5 | #4,736 |
| 1969 | 549 | #405 | 8 | #3,317 |
| 1968 | 522 | #408 | — | — |
| 1967 | 385 | #483 | — | — |
| 1966 | 316 | #531 | — | — |
| 1965 | 306 | #542 | — | — |
| 1964 | 295 | #573 | — | — |
| 1963 | 236 | #658 | — | — |
| 1962 | 215 | #705 | — | — |
| 1961 | 217 | #708 | — | — |
| 1960 | 203 | #715 | — | — |
| 1959 | 194 | #719 | — | — |
| 1958 | 171 | #761 | — | — |
| 1957 | 175 | #754 | — | — |
| 1956 | 172 | #736 | — | — |
| 1955 | 158 | #754 | — | — |
| 1954 | 167 | #714 | — | — |
| 1953 | 144 | #760 | — | — |
| 1952 | 164 | #700 | — | — |
| 1951 | 136 | #753 | — | — |
| 1950 | 117 | #803 | — | — |
| 1949 | 150 | #684 | — | — |
| 1948 | 128 | #753 | — | — |
| 1947 | 147 | #697 | — | — |
| 1946 | 133 | #698 | — | — |
| 1945 | 116 | #692 | — | — |
| 1944 | 120 | #681 | — | — |
| 1943 | 124 | #681 | — | — |
| 1942 | 120 | #679 | — | — |
| 1941 | 67 | #894 | — | — |
| 1940 | 64 | #894 | — | — |
| 1939 | 67 | #857 | — | — |
| 1938 | 66 | #866 | — | — |
| 1937 | 47 | #1,035 | — | — |
| 1936 | 53 | #942 | — | — |
| 1935 | 45 | #1,031 | — | — |
| 1934 | 48 | #993 | — | — |
| 1933 | 41 | #1,085 | — | — |
| 1932 | 27 | #1,449 | — | — |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,943 | — | — |
| 1930 | 33 | #1,321 | — | — |
| 1929 | 24 | #1,599 | — | — |
| 1928 | 29 | #1,470 | — | — |
| 1927 | 40 | #1,234 | — | — |
| 1926 | 40 | #1,220 | — | — |
| 1925 | 39 | #1,253 | — | — |
| 1924 | 40 | #1,258 | — | — |
| 1923 | 43 | #1,176 | — | — |
| 1922 | 34 | #1,367 | — | — |
| 1921 | 45 | #1,136 | 5 | #4,333 |
| 1920 | 36 | #1,283 | — | — |
| 1919 | 45 | #1,090 | — | — |
| 1918 | 47 | #1,061 | — | — |
| 1917 | 46 | #1,040 | — | — |
| 1916 | 45 | #1,026 | — | — |
| 1915 | 49 | #945 | — | — |
| 1914 | 35 | #1,003 | — | — |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,531 | — | — |
| 1912 | 22 | #1,117 | — | — |
| 1911 | 13 | #1,302 | — | — |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,523 | — | — |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,472 | — | — |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,870 | — | — |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,386 | — | — |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,558 | — | — |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,302 | — | — |
| 1903 | 8 | #1,319 | — | — |
| 1902 | 10 | #1,135 | — | — |
| 1895 | 8 | #1,202 | — | — |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,496 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).