first name
ALEXANDER
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 556,757 people named Alexander, 59.4% reported their origin as White, 26.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.1% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Alexander peaked in 1993, when 20,708 babies got the name.
At least 740,668 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Alexander by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #13. The largest share of babies named Alexander, 37.7%, 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 Alexander is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Alexander has been most common in Nevada (2.2×), Alaska (1.6×), and Florida (1.6×), and least common in Mississippi (0.37×).
730,147 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 Alexander
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Alexander, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Alexander ranks #120 of 156,621, with 197,734 people. See Alexander as a last name
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