How rare is the name Alejandra?

78,499 people in the United States have the first name Alejandra, about 1 in 3,848. It ranks #673 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ALEJANDRA

#673

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
78,499
About
1 in 3,848
This common or more
63.8%
Who bears it

Of the 78,499 people named Alejandra, 97.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 1.7% as White. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Alejandra peaked in 1994, when 2,223 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19002025
Peak year
1994
Births that year
2,223
In 2025*
486 ▼78%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 54,545 babies have been given the name since 1900. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Alejandra by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #338. The largest share of babies named Alejandra, 44.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1900s#4,6306
1910s#4,62882
1920s#3,918166
1930s#4,049129
1940s#3,909155
1950s#4,481160
1960s#2,899411
1970s#1,2862,092
1980s#7335,730
1990s#33819,272
2000s#43915,613
2010s#8087,600
2020s#1,1303,129
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.4%
Silent Generation 1928–450.4%
Baby boom 1946–640.7%
Generation X 1965–805.1%
Millennials 1981–9634.5%
Generation Z 1997–1244.5%
2013 and later14.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Alejandra is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Alejandra has been most common in California (4.1×), Nevada (3.6×), and Arizona (3.2×), and least common in Kentucky (0.06×).

52,294 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Alejandra

#671 Karina · 78,579#672 Damian · 78,536#674 Gordon · 78,487#675 Erick · 78,395

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Alejandra, most common first.

#245 Alexandra · 229,437#309 Alejandro · 180,051#628 Alexandria · 84,197#1,581 Alessandra · 20,401#2,771 Alexandre · 8,417#2,974 Aleksandra · 7,552#3,395 Alexandrea · 6,209#3,641 Alexandro · 5,603

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