first name
ALEXA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 115,935 people named Alexa, 49.2% reported their origin as White, 42.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.7% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Alexa peaked in 2006, when 6,125 babies got the name.
At least 131,835 babies have been given the name since 1916. 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.
Alexa by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #154. The largest share of babies named Alexa, 55%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Alexa is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Alexa has been most common in Nevada (3.6×), Arizona (2.3×), and California (1.7×), and least common in Mississippi (0.22×).
129,148 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 Alexa
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Alexa, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Alexa ranks #50,251 of 156,621, with 450 people. See Alexa as a last name
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