Alejandro

Last seen for girls in 2014 at #14,558 · #195 for boys in 2025, 1,842 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
2001 · 4,557 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
10 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
146,624
since 1885

Alejandro over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #88, 2001boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1951,842
2024#1861,993
2023#2001,837
2022#1941,966
2021#2061,844
2020#2121,792
2019#2011,972
2018#2081,902
2017#1952,032
2016#1812,208
2015#1802,316
2014#14,5586#1582,602
2013#1652,469
2012#16,8695#1482,729
2011#16,7645#1303,091
2010#12,2768#1033,712
2009#15,2426#1213,444
2008#12,5798#1054,168
2007#9,00713#1034,281
2006#9,28612#964,551
2005#9,45211#974,482
2004#7,82814#994,451
2003#5,79520#1004,317
2002#5,89719#924,356
2001#5,57020#884,557
2000#4,07930#894,511
1999#5,66118#884,319
1998#4,14227#954,044
1997#3,71630#993,998
1996#3,56931#1073,676
1995#3,28534#1073,531
1994#3,09837#1053,469
1993#2,57348#1033,535
1992#2,15662#1133,176
1991#4,05925#1182,787
1990#2,95738#1252,643
1989#3,25332#1482,086
1988#3,58526#1761,607
1987#4,66017#1731,586
1986#3,55424#1651,633
1985#3,85221#1791,459
1984#3,99019#1901,320
1983#3,24225#1871,334
1982#3,41824#1731,499
1981#5,88511#1681,488
1980#3,41124#1871,304
1979#4,84214#1971,241
1978#5,56311#2021,107
1977#6,3409#2061,082
1976#4,61413#2031,076
1975#7,9846#2101,025
1974#5,7769#237870
1973#4,87111#257763
1972#276702
1971#6,0068#292681
1970#326587
1969#7,4715#348516
1968#7,0165#379421
1967#431310
1966#431313
1965#464282
1964#458300
1963#494262
1962#505247
1961#506247
1960#557201
1959#539211
1958#537205
1957#534211
1956#567178
1955#592154
1954#582161
1953#583152
1952#529175
1951#562149
1950#642117
1949#633117
1948#576134
1947#638116
1946#626105
1945#65086
1944#63394
1943#78769
1942#83960
1941#72972
1940#65385
1939#75464
1938#78461
1937#69774
1936#77462
1935#66281
1934#69178
1933#64281
1932#4,4115#66883
1931#62989
1930#605102
1929#67583
1928#71379
1927#69088
1926#80367
1925#69087
1924#91658
1923#79170
1922#86363
1921#81470
1920#81667
1919#1,06341
1918#1,12437
1917#1,00342
1916#1,17631
1915#1,37224
1914#1,22123
1913#1,44114
1912#1,7469
1911
1910#1,3147
1909#89311
1908#1,0218
1907#1,0947
1906
1905#1,0027
1904#8748
1903#8468
1902#1,0136
1901#1,0585
1900#1,1626
1899
1898#1,1215
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890#9945
1889
1888
1887#9215
1886
1885#9365
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1885

The first year at least five boys were named Alejandro! It came in at #936, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Alejandro
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 9 spots since 2024 (#186#195)
  • 17 spots since 2020 (#212#195)
  • 15 spots since 2015 (#180#195)
  • Biggest jump: 247 spots in 1920 (#1,063#816)
  • Biggest drop: 421 spots in 1910 (#893#1,314)
Rise & fade · boys
116 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 2001 at #88 (4,557 births)
  • Births halved by 2016, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 10 yrs · run 1997–2006
  • Top 1,000: 112 yrs · run 1920–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 426
  • Highest: 1 in 426 boys born in 2001 were named Alejandro (0.23%)
  • Latest: 1 in 927 boys born in 2025 (0.11%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 29.4% of all boys named Alejandro (43,118) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s10#921 (1887)#929
1890s10#994 (1890)#1,058
1900s66#846 (1903)#996
1910s228#1,003 (1917)#1,273
1920s732#675 (1929)#777
1930s775#605 (1930)#691
1940s938#576 (1948)#676
1950s1,713#529 (1952)#567
1960s3,099#348 (1969)#457
1970s9,134#197 (1979)#241
1980s15,316#148 (1989)#175
1990s35,178#88 (1999)#106
2000s43,118#88 (2001)#99
2010s25,033#103 (2010)#167
2020s11,274#186 (2024)#199

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

Alejandro in 1968

girls
#7,016
5 births · 1 in 328,078 girls
boys
#379
421 births · 1 in 4,128 boys

Top girls' names in 1968

  1. #1Lisa49,534
  2. #2Michelle33,223
  3. #3Kimberly31,906
  4. #4Jennifer26,853
  5. #5Melissa21,733
  6. #6Mary21,727
  7. #7Angela20,670
  8. #8Tammy20,058
  9. #9Karen19,560
  10. #10Susan19,503
  11. #7,016Alejandro5

Top boys' names in 1968

  1. #1Michael81,968
  2. #2David63,679
  3. #3John60,903
  4. #4James60,665
  5. #5Robert58,174
  6. #6William36,927
  7. #7Mark35,401
  8. #8Richard32,976
  9. #9Christopher31,468
  10. #10Brian29,922
  11. #379Alejandro421
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 328,078 of them was named Alejandro, which outranked 14.4% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alejandro
  1. #6,246Zipporah6
  2. #6,246Zonia6
  3. #6,246Zonya6
  4. #7,016Alejandro5
  5. #7,016Abelina5
  6. #7,016Adah5
  7. #7,016Adaline5

Tied with 1,182 names at #7,016; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. 3,132Coretta#3,656#524
  2. 1,257Tamika#1,980#723
  3. 1,150Tamiko#1,702#552
  4. 607Chantel#1,348#741
  5. 490Chantal#1,441#951
Fallers
  1. 602Wende#857#1,459
  2. 545Zina#959#1,504
  3. 341Evonne#970#1,311
  4. 294Portia#902#1,196
  5. 285Mariann#973#1,258

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

boys

1,737,974 boys got a published name in 1968; 1 in 4,128 of them was named Alejandro, which outranked 92.0% of the 4,746 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alejandro
  1. #376Clark426
  2. #377Lamont423
  3. #378Garry422
  4. #379Alejandro421
  5. #379Malcolm421
  6. #381Cameron420
  7. #382Max414
  8. #383Kendall410

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. 649Dustin#1,018#369
  2. 567Damion#1,411#844
  3. 490Korey#1,388#898
  4. 434Darby#1,364#930
  5. 393Jamal#1,181#788
Fallers
  1. 926Illya#968#1,894
  2. 357Maury#925#1,282
  3. 298Cedrick#885#1,183
  4. 290Dell#875#1,165
  5. 257Faron#843#1,100

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

See the top 100 for 1968