Alexander

#7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births · #30 for boys in 2025, 7,230 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
#4
2009 · 18,254 births
Debut · boys
1880
211 births
In top 100 · boys
77 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
736,123
since 1880

Alexander over time

boys

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

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201994peak #4, 2009boys
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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#7,49114#307,230
2024#9,55610#277,547
2023#8,98911#227,918
2022#9,05611#178,757
2021#5,74821#139,425
2020#10,2509#1010,268
2019#5,44923#1011,327
2018#6,01020#1112,110
2017#5,82121#1312,577
2016#6,66318#1113,446
2015#5,83322#814,584
2014#4,35033#815,449
2013#4,64530#814,923
2012#4,95728#915,259
2011#4,24434#815,717
2010#3,57244#616,769
2009#4,37034#418,254
2008#3,64544#618,711
2007#3,98339#1118,150
2006#3,17652#1218,235
2005#2,67063#1318,130
2004#1,684115#1517,925
2003#2,80055#1617,714
2002#2,04684#1517,718
2001#2,88150#2016,720
2000#2,40364#2017,290
1999#1,70796#2117,420
1998#1,86782#2217,466
1997#1,84580#2217,112
1996#1,65692#2217,964
1995#1,197143#2119,456
1994#1,095164#2220,101
1993#1,034178#2120,530
1992#929209#2320,069
1991#967194#2617,640
1990#873223#2816,194
1989#803237#3214,523
1988#602331#3413,341
1987#810216#3711,835
1986#809207#4110,609
1985#1,023147#508,295
1984#1,144119#546,492
1983#1,47578#634,806
1982#1,44583#654,593
1981#1,86758#704,237
1980#2,01452#913,279
1979#2,58235#943,058
1978#2,43136#982,738
1977#2,66631#962,704
1976#2,43933#1072,443
1975#2,61229#1052,439
1974#2,06640#1122,354
1973#2,40531#1162,259
1972#3,71416#1292,116
1971#3,26620#1342,358
1970#3,57717#1372,463
1969#2,84422#1502,012
1968#3,31516#1541,773
1967#4,30010#1781,454
1966#4,8668#1821,368
1965#4,20210#1911,321
1964#4,35510#2121,288
1963#6,5925#2141,308
1962#4,5339#2211,218
1961#4,8828#2231,227
1960#3,51213#2321,199
1959#4,3009#2331,166
1958#4,1939#2201,188
1957#4,9187#2121,264
1956—#2111,235
1955#4,7407#2081,170
1954—#2001,236
1953#5,6735#1951,262
1952#4,1238#1861,283
1951—#1901,212
1950#4,3157#1891,164
1949#5,2445#1801,185
1948—#1831,129
1947—#1901,081
1946#3,6658#188964
1945#4,5565#178891
1944—#183864
1943—#178924
1942—#184861
1941—#184818
1940—#188760
1939—#186723
1938#3,4507#193666
1937—#191675
1936#4,1815#200613
1935—#186702
1934#3,8026#200616
1933—#187659
1932#3,5687#178774
1931—#172795
1930#4,5505#168872
1929#2,92110#156985
1928#3,4368#1521,048
1927#3,05310#1461,092
1926—#1461,150
1925#4,4266#1371,224
1924#5,0615#1291,381
1923#4,3766#1291,293
1922—#1251,359
1921—#1161,533
1920#3,9577#1171,474
1919#3,8177#1131,422
1918#3,8697#1041,591
1917#4,5945#971,664
1916#3,0319#991,584
1915#2,52611#1031,432
1914#2,8767#981,169
1913#3,1875#98937
1912—#97803
1911—#94426
1910—#101324
1909#2,2085#107255
1908—#104246
1907—#92279
1906—#105204
1905—#103210
1904—#103203
1903—#100195
1902—#93216
1901—#102162
1900—#93260
1899—#97178
1898—#106180
1897—#103172
1896—#87232
1895—#97199
1894—#95199
1893—#83218
1892—#95202
1891—#95172
1890—#85202
1889—#93185
1888—#82237
1887—#87180
1886—#83206
1885—#78205
1884—#76236
1883—#80187
1882—#79225
1881—#71209
1880—#73211
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Alexander was already there! It came in at #73, and was given to 211 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1901–1906, when fewer than 220 boys a year got the name.

See more about Alexander
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 3 spots since 2024 (#27 → #30)
  • 20 spots since 2020 (#10 → #30)
  • 22 spots since 2015 (#8 → #30)
  • Biggest jump: 24 spots in 1968 (#178 → #154)
  • Biggest drop: 16 spots in 1897 (#87 → #103)
Rise & fade · boys
129 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2009 at #4 (18,254 births)
  • Births halved by 2022, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: 10 yrs · run 2008–2015
  • Top 100: 77 yrs · run 1977–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 96
  • Highest: 1 in 96 boys born in 1993 were named Alexander (1.0%)
  • Latest: 1 in 236 boys born in 2025 (0.42%)
  • Its best rank, #4 in 2009, was only 1 in 109 (0.92%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 25.0% of all boys named Alexander (183,952) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s2,081#71 (1881)#80
1890s1,954#83 (1893)#94
1900s2,230#92 (1907)#100
1910s11,352#94 (1911)#100
1920s12,539#116 (1921)#135
1930s7,095#168 (1930)#186
1940s9,477#178 (1943)#184
1950s12,180#186 (1952)#204
1960s14,168#150 (1969)#196
1970s24,932#94 (1979)#113
1980s82,010#32 (1989)#54
1990s183,952#21 (1993)#23
2000s178,847#4 (2009)#13
2010s142,161#6 (2010)#9
2020s51,145#10 (2020)#20

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.

Alexander in 1994

girls
#1,095
164 births · 1 in 10,889 girls
boys
#22
20,101 births · 1 in 96 boys

Top girls' names in 1994

  1. #1Jessica32,122
  2. #2Ashley30,281
  3. #3Emily24,154
  4. #4Samantha22,824
  5. #5Sarah22,299
  6. #6Taylor20,734
  7. #7Brittany18,900
  8. #8Amanda18,718
  9. #9Elizabeth16,786
  10. #10Megan16,580
  11. #1,095Alexander164

Top boys' names in 1994

  1. #1Michael44,477
  2. #2Christopher34,807
  3. #3Matthew33,654
  4. #4Joshua31,374
  5. #5Tyler30,482
  6. #6Brandon29,492
  7. #7Jacob29,417
  8. #8Daniel28,065
  9. #9Nicholas27,770
  10. #10Andrew26,019
  11. #22Alexander20,101
More about 1994

girls

1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 10,889 of them was named Alexander, which outranked 93.1% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alexander
  1. #1,091Deidra165
  2. #1,091Estefania165
  3. #1,091Jazmyne165
  4. #1,095Alexander164
  5. #1,095Anabel164
  6. #1,095Cathy164
  7. #1,095Darien164
  8. #1,100Brynn163
  9. #1,100Dionna163
  10. #1,100Fernanda163

Tied with 4 names at #1,095; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,523Nohely#5,419 → #896
  2. ↑ 4,322Aaliyah#4,524 → #202
  3. ↑ 2,306Zana#3,108 → #802
  4. ↑ 1,711Aliyah#2,068 → #357
  5. ↑ 1,430Zhane#2,012 → #582
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,015Coraima#875 → #1,890
  2. ↓ 799Kalene#929 → #1,728
  3. ↓ 656Deyanira#938 → #1,594
  4. ↓ 577Crysta#968 → #1,545
  5. ↓ 562Hilary#647 → #1,209

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

boys

1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 96 of them was named Alexander, which outranked 99.8% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alexander
  1. #19William21,492
  2. #20Justin20,940
  3. #21Robert20,560
  4. #22Alexander20,101
  5. #23Jonathan19,068
  6. #24Kyle18,399
  7. #25Cody17,589
Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,574Tyrin#2,509 → #935
  2. ↑ 714River#1,638 → #924
  3. ↑ 472Bryton#1,460 → #988
  4. ↑ 463Kahlil#1,444 → #981
  5. ↑ 446Jayden#1,295 → #849
Fallers
  1. ↓ 551Garth#965 → #1,516
  2. ↓ 364Jordy#828 → #1,192
  3. ↓ 342Montel#889 → #1,231
  4. ↓ 289Darrel#889 → #1,178
  5. ↓ 245Deante#859 → #1,104

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

See the top 100 for 1994 →