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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202014peak #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 2014

girls
#14,558
6 births · 1 in 297,726 girls
boys
#158
2,602 births · 1 in 738 boys

Top girls' names in 2014

  1. #1Emma20,970
  2. #2Olivia19,840
  3. #3Sophia18,644
  4. #4Isabella17,136
  5. #5Ava15,727
  6. #6Mia13,534
  7. #7Emily12,670
  8. #8Abigail12,114
  9. #9Madison10,333
  10. #10Charlotte10,123
  11. #14,558Alejandro6

Top boys' names in 2014

  1. #1Noah19,344
  2. #2Liam18,488
  3. #3Mason17,225
  4. #4Jacob16,923
  5. #5William16,851
  6. #6Ethan15,749
  7. #7Michael15,505
  8. #8Alexander15,449
  9. #9James14,464
  10. #10Daniel13,961
  11. #158Alejandro2,602
More about 2014

girls

1,786,355 girls got a published name in 2014; 1 in 297,726 of them was named Alejandro, which outranked 24.3% of the 19,232 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alejandro
  1. #13,069Zyian7
  2. #13,069Zynia7
  3. #13,069Zyonnah7
  4. #14,558Alejandro6
  5. #14,558Aalaiyah6
  6. #14,558Aalana6
  7. #14,558Aalanah6
  8. #16,513Aabriella5
  9. #16,513Aadrika5
  10. #16,513Aaiza5

Tied with 1,954 names at #14,558; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2013
Risers
  1. 3,632Aranza#4,243#611
  2. 576Montserrat#1,148#572
  3. 573Monserrat#1,165#592
  4. 463Maisie#1,116#653
  5. 419Ariadne#1,220#801
Fallers
  1. 401Miley#386#787
  2. 345Karly#988#1,333
  3. 318Britney#838#1,156
  4. 239Kaya#761#1,000
  5. 235Rihanna#938#1,173

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

boys

1,920,871 boys got a published name in 2014; 1 in 738 of them was named Alejandro, which outranked 98.9% of the 14,081 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alejandro
  1. #155Grant2,646
  2. #156Emmett2,639
  3. #157Marcus2,620
  4. #158Alejandro2,602
  5. #158Kingston2,602
  6. #160Jameson2,600
  7. #161Jude2,592
  8. #162Edward2,591

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

Biggest movers since 2013
Risers
  1. 645Bode#1,427#782
  2. 624Axl#1,459#835
  3. 427Gannon#841#414
  4. 326Bodie#1,305#979
  5. 316Royal#886#570
Fallers
  1. 291Bently#897#1,188
  2. 261Damion#849#1,110
  3. 249Amare#598#847
  4. 241Isiah#816#1,057
  5. 241Jesiah#999#1,240

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

See the top 100 for 2014