How rare is the name Alexandria?

84,197 people in the United States have the first name Alexandria, about 1 in 3,587. It ranks #628 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ALEXANDRIA

#628

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
84,197
About
1 in 3,587
This common or more
62.6%
Who bears it

Of the 84,197 people named Alexandria, 59.1% reported their origin as White, 18% as Hispanic or Latino and 13.4% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Alexandria peaked in 1993, when 5,042 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19022025
Peak year
1993
Births that year
5,042
In 2025*
647 ▼87%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 104,778 babies have been given the name since 1902. 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.

Alexandria by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #169. The largest share of babies named Alexandria, 41.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1900s#2,69249
1910s#2,107297
1920s#2,463341
1930s#3,282182
1940s#2,583326
1950s#2,671410
1960s#2,116726
1970s#1,5311,523
1980s#44011,733
1990s#16944,183
2000s#29225,979
2010s#48814,302
2020s#8144,727
Greatest Generation 1901–270.6%
Silent Generation 1928–450.4%
Baby boom 1946–640.8%
Generation X 1965–802.1%
Millennials 1981–9641.6%
Generation Z 1997–1240.6%
2013 and later13.8%

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 Alexandria is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Alexandria has been most common in Nevada (2.4×), Alaska (1.9×), and Arizona (1.8×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.15×).

101,807 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 Alexandria

#626 Arturo · 84,408#627 Vickie · 84,330#629 Abraham · 84,024#630 Jade · 83,708

Spelled almost the same

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

#245 Alexandra · 229,437#673 Alejandra · 78,499#2,771 Alexandre · 8,417#3,395 Alexandrea · 6,209#3,641 Alexandro · 5,603#3,804 Alejandrina · 5,201#6,346 Alexandru · 2,541#7,612 Alexandr · 1,989

Also a last name

As a last name, Alexandria ranks #70,715 of 156,621, with 298 people. See Alexandria as a last name

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