How common is the name Alejandro?

180,051 people in the United States have the first name Alejandro, about 1 in 1,677. It ranks #309 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ALEJANDRO

#309

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
180,051
About
1 in 1,677
This common or more
49.5%
Who bears it

Of the 180,051 people named Alejandro, 96.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 2.2% as White. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Alejandro peaked in 2001, when 4,577 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18852025
Peak year
2001
Births that year
4,577
In 2025*
1,842 ▼60%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 147,470 babies have been given the name since 1885. 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.

Alejandro by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #178. The largest share of babies named Alejandro, 44.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#2,74510
1890s#3,47210
1900s#2,38666
1910s#2,456228
1920s#1,585732
1930s#1,419780
1940s#1,447938
1950s#1,2751,713
1960s#9823,109
1970s#5149,215
1980s#35815,539
1990s#20335,528
2000s#17843,271
2010s#30025,057
2020s#36611,274
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.6%
Silent Generation 1928–451%
Baby boom 1946–642.3%
Generation X 1965–808.4%
Millennials 1981–9625.3%
Generation Z 1997–1244.3%
2013 and later18.2%

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 Alejandro is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Alejandro has been most common in Arizona (3.5×), California (3.3×), and Nevada (3.1×), and least common in Mississippi (0.05×).

144,729 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 Alejandro

#307 Joanne · 181,755#308 Jared · 180,306#310 Brooke · 178,439#311 Amelia · 176,472

Spelled almost the same

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

#245 Alexandra · 229,437#673 Alejandra · 78,499#2,424 Alessandro · 10,245#2,771 Alexandre · 8,417#3,641 Alexandro · 5,603#6,346 Alexandru · 2,541#7,612 Alexandr · 1,989#8,563 Alexandros · 1,690

Also a last name

As a last name, Alejandro ranks #4,409 of 156,621, with 7,798 people. See Alejandro as a last name

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