Recorded 1894–2025 · United States
Alexandra was most popular in 1993, when 10,720 American babies were given the name — ranking #67 that year. In 2025 it ranked #509, with 1,314 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 246,320 people named Alexandra.
Alexandra first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1894, which makes it about 131 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 125 of the 132 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 246,320 American births named Alexandra between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 240,412 are estimated to be alive today.
1,314 American babies were named Alexandra in 2025, ranking #509 that year.
Alexandra is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 1,492 births a year, against 3,391 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -56% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Alexandra is a girl’s name — 99.7% of the 246,320 Americans given it were girls and 0.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 240,412 Americans named Alexandra are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 29 years old, and half are between 20 and 35.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Greek · feminine of Alexander, "defender of men"
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org