first name
ALEXANDRA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 229,437 people named Alexandra, 64.7% reported their origin as White, 26.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.1% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Alexandra peaked in 1993, when 10,720 babies got the name.
At least 246,320 babies have been given the name since 1894. 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.
Alexandra by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #70. The largest share of babies named Alexandra, 42.1%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
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 Alexandra is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Alexandra has been most common in Nevada (2.1×), Connecticut (1.8×), and Florida (1.8×), and least common in Mississippi (0.22×).
242,882 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 Alexandra
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Alexandra, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Alexandra ranks #43,886 of 156,621, with 529 people. See Alexandra as a last name
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