Alejandra

#604 for girls in 2025, 486 births · Last seen for boys in 2020 at #12,022
Given to girls 99.0% of the time

Showing
Show data for
Peak · girls
1994 · 2,187 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
54,015
since 1900

Alejandra over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Alejandra has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201980peak #145, 1994girls
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#604486
2024#578524
2023#548554
2022#568529
2021#617480
2020#545551#12,0225
2019#517600
2018#512608
2017#506617
2016#446721
2015#451703
2014#446717#9,6427
2013#419725
2012#395785
2011#344929
2010#2791,188
2009#2731,199
2008#2611,329
2007#2541,376#12,3675
2006#2331,487#10,6626
2005#2201,583#7,6409
2004#2061,630#6,52011
2003#1971,668#6,25811
2002#1911,693
2001#1921,718#4,47617
2000#1741,861#6,31610
1999#1791,754#4,76214
1998#1562,020#4,41315
1997#1621,906#3,06424
1996#1601,955#4,39614
1995#1592,002#2,76226
1994#1452,187#2,21936
1993#1472,126#2,34732
1992#1482,044#2,08537
1991#1821,641#2,22732
1990#2111,376#2,25531
1989#291895#3,20518
1988#355701#2,76520
1987#423528#2,94217
1986#417526#2,36023
1985#454477#2,82817
1984#453458#3,92510
1983#403535#2,20823
1982#441490#2,97215
1981#438488#2,89815
1980#458463#3,61511
1979#506392#5,3556
1978#578297
1977#641259
1976#566293
1975#772183
1974#834158#4,1907
1973#897139
1972#818162#4,4416
1971#1,074112
1970#1,34378
1969#1,27677
1968#1,64749
1967#1,70245
1966#2,14730
1965#1,82939
1964#1,66648
1963#2,13131
1962#1,91736
1961#2,35926
1960#2,09730
1959#2,76018
1958#3,54312
1957#2,72718
1956#2,72518
1955#2,47220
1954#3,15713
1953#3,9559
1952#2,80615
1951#2,11622
1950#2,65215
1949#2,34018
1948#1,77828
1947#2,27919
1946#2,73913
1945#1,87420
1944#1,91620
1943#3,8017
1942#2,81711
1941#3,5597
1940#2,42412
1939#2,03816
1938#4,3425
1937#3,4347
1936#2,15314
1935#2,30513
1934#3,8026
1933#1,90617
1932#1,87718
1931#2,10515
1930#1,93418
1929#1,82520
1928#2,38114
1927#2,69912
1926#1,83022
1925#2,19117
1924#2,13718
1923#1,94420
1922#2,10918
1921#2,94111
1920#2,46314
1919#4,8145
1918#1,80521
1917#2,55212
1916#2,24614
1915#3,1348
1914#3,1886
1913#3,1875
1912
1911#2,1916
1910#2,3985
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900#1,7236
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1900

The first year at least five girls were named Alejandra! It came in at #1,723, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1901–1910, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Alejandra is popular in 1980

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedMNIllinois: #390 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 2,665 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedMINew York: #846 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 7,682 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #824 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,441 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #125 for girls · 282 births · 1 in 616 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedDEArizona: #471 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,754 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Alejandra, so not publishedHITexas: #237 for girls · 98 births · 1 in 1,223 girlsTXFlorida: #941 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,602 girlsFL

Hover or tap a state for its numbers.

Top states · girls
  1. California#125 · 1 in 616
  2. Texas#237 · 1 in 1,223
  3. Illinois#390 · 1 in 2,665
  4. Arizona#471 · 1 in 2,754
  5. New Jersey#824 · 1 in 7,441

Best ever in a state: #38 in California, 1993.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
California#1252821 in 616
Texas#237981 in 1,223
Illinois#390291 in 2,665
Arizona#47171 in 2,754
New Jersey#82451 in 7,441
New York#846131 in 7,682
Florida#94161 in 8,602
Alabama
Alaska
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Mexico
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Alejandra
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 26 spots since 2024 (#578#604)
  • 59 spots since 2020 (#545#604)
  • 153 spots since 2015 (#451#604)
  • Biggest jump: 256 spots in 1972 (#1,074#818)
  • Biggest drop: 79 spots in 1973 (#818#897)
Rise & fade · girls
94 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1900
  • Peaked 1994 at #145 (2,187 births)
  • Births halved by 2011, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 54 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1972–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 817
  • Highest: 1 in 817 girls born in 1994 were named Alejandra (0.12%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,307 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 35.2% of all girls named Alejandra (19,011) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s6#1,723 (1900)#1,723
1910s82#1,805 (1918)#2,835
1920s166#1,825 (1929)#2,252
1930s129#1,877 (1932)#2,590
1940s155#1,778 (1948)#2,553
1950s160#2,116 (1951)#2,891
1960s411#1,276 (1969)#1,877
1970s2,073#506 (1979)#803
1980s5,561#291 (1989)#413
1990s19,011#145 (1994)#165
2000s15,544#174 (2000)#220
2010s7,593#279 (2010)#432
2020s3,124#545 (2020)#577

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Alejandra in 1980

girls
#458
463 births · 1 in 3,586 girls
boys
#3,615
11 births · 1 in 162,177 boys

Top girls' names in 1980

  1. #1Jennifer58,374
  2. #2Amanda35,811
  3. #3Jessica33,924
  4. #4Melissa31,629
  5. #5Sarah25,757
  6. #6Heather19,973
  7. #7Nicole19,917
  8. #8Amy19,833
  9. #9Elizabeth19,529
  10. #10Michelle19,119
  11. #458Alejandra463

Top boys' names in 1980

  1. #1Michael68,683
  2. #2Christopher49,079
  3. #3Jason48,164
  4. #4David41,891
  5. #5James39,312
  6. #6Matthew37,834
  7. #7Joshua36,052
  8. #8John35,274
  9. #9Robert34,266
  10. #10Joseph30,185
  11. #3,615Alejandra11
More about 1980

girls

1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 3,586 of them was named Alejandra, which outranked 96.2% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alejandra
  1. #455Tiffanie470
  2. #456Cherie467
  3. #457Lea464
  4. #458Alejandra463
  5. #459Cortney462
  6. #460Angelique460
  7. #460Darcy460
Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. 1,510Renada#2,218#708
  2. 1,173Tai#2,112#939
  3. 1,036Anya#1,592#556
  4. 601Chimere#1,503#902
  5. 517Brynn#1,442#925
Fallers
  1. 529Marlana#989#1,518
  2. 494Kizzy#647#1,141
  3. 369January#748#1,117
  4. 361Carisa#836#1,197
  5. 328Latonia#841#1,169

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 162,177 of them was named Alejandra, which outranked 50.4% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alejandra
  1. #3,430Zackariah12
  2. #3,430Zaid12
  3. #3,430Ziad12
  4. #3,615Alejandra11
  5. #3,615Abigail11
  6. #3,615Abu11
  7. #3,615Adel11
  8. #3,838Ahron10
  9. #3,838Akash10
  10. #3,838Akbar10

Tied with 222 names at #3,615; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. 381Gideon#1,370#989
  2. 296Bo#864#568
  3. 270Anson#1,137#867
  4. 266Dustan#1,255#989
  5. 255Dusty#614#359
Fallers
  1. 366Harris#991#1,357
  2. 362Tracey#842#1,204
  3. 331Jevon#780#1,111
  4. 321Kennith#937#1,258
  5. 267Levar#644#911

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1980