Alexandria
#474 for girls in 2025, 647 births · Last seen for boys in 2006 at #12,055
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1993 · 5,027 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 12 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 104,548since 1902
Alexandria over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #474 | 647 | — | |
| 2024 | #463 | 678 | — | |
| 2023 | #403 | 760 | — | |
| 2022 | #406 | 775 | — | |
| 2021 | #353 | 884 | — | |
| 2020 | #320 | 983 | — | |
| 2019 | #299 | 1,105 | — | |
| 2018 | #282 | 1,184 | — | |
| 2017 | #257 | 1,249 | — | |
| 2016 | #218 | 1,477 | — | |
| 2015 | #212 | 1,544 | — | |
| 2014 | #211 | 1,609 | — | |
| 2013 | #204 | 1,566 | — | |
| 2012 | #205 | 1,523 | — | |
| 2011 | #205 | 1,530 | — | |
| 2010 | #204 | 1,515 | — | |
| 2009 | #200 | 1,643 | — | |
| 2008 | #189 | 1,794 | — | |
| 2007 | #164 | 2,203 | — | |
| 2006 | #147 | 2,335 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #133 | 2,455 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #125 | 2,653 | #6,138 | 12 |
| 2003 | #123 | 2,752 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | #106 | 3,148 | — | |
| 2001 | #91 | 3,404 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #91 | 3,549 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #83 | 3,789 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #81 | 4,009 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #78 | 4,234 | — | |
| 1996 | #77 | 4,563 | — | |
| 1995 | #72 | 4,772 | #5,928 | 9 |
| 1994 | #73 | 4,840 | #5,109 | 11 |
| 1993 | #69 | 5,027 | #4,020 | 15 |
| 1992 | #73 | 4,796 | #3,459 | 18 |
| 1991 | #78 | 4,470 | #4,760 | 11 |
| 1990 | #95 | 3,595 | #3,971 | 14 |
| 1989 | #104 | 3,059 | #2,469 | 26 |
| 1988 | #124 | 2,275 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #179 | 1,554 | #3,201 | 15 |
| 1986 | #232 | 1,120 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #289 | 855 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #285 | 848 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #398 | 551 | — | |
| 1982 | #390 | 592 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #404 | 552 | — | |
| 1980 | #697 | 244 | — | |
| 1979 | #836 | 186 | — | |
| 1978 | #780 | 196 | — | |
| 1977 | #959 | 144 | — | |
| 1976 | #903 | 146 | — | |
| 1975 | #896 | 147 | — | |
| 1974 | #841 | 156 | — | |
| 1973 | #934 | 130 | — | |
| 1972 | #912 | 136 | — | |
| 1971 | #895 | 148 | — | |
| 1970 | #949 | 134 | — | |
| 1969 | #951 | 126 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,166 | 86 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,103 | 89 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,178 | 82 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,302 | 69 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,593 | 51 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,330 | 69 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,540 | 53 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,568 | 52 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,597 | 49 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,820 | 37 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,578 | 46 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,705 | 40 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,329 | 61 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,877 | 32 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,505 | 45 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,565 | 39 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,713 | 33 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,383 | 46 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,679 | 31 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,489 | 38 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,313 | 49 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,633 | 34 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,647 | 29 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,312 | 37 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,661 | 25 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,556 | 29 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,387 | 34 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,446 | 29 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,682 | 22 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,514 | 25 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,805 | 19 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,914 | 17 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #1,801 | 18 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,779 | 19 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,161 | 14 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,235 | 14 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,499 | 27 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,526 | 26 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,366 | 32 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,587 | 27 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,262 | 38 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,409 | 33 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,409 | 34 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,245 | 39 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #1,464 | 31 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,237 | 39 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,255 | 37 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,103 | 44 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,126 | 43 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,183 | 37 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,147 | 38 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,190 | 33 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,080 | 31 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,067 | 26 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,297 | 17 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,372 | 12 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,110 | 16 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,152 | 13 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | — | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | — | |
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| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Alexandria! It came in at #1,594, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1903, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Alexandria
- 11 spots since 2024 (#463 → #474)
- 154 spots since 2020 (#320 → #474)
- 262 spots since 2015 (#212 → #474)
- Biggest jump: 293 spots in 1981 (#697 → #404)
- Biggest drop: 60 spots in 2024 (#403 → #463)
- Debuted 1902
- Peaked 1993 at #69 (5,027 births)
- Births halved by 2005, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 12 yrs · run 1990–2001
- Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1969–2025
- Highest: 1 in 360 girls born in 1993 were named Alexandria (0.28%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,484 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
- 42.2% of all girls named Alexandria (44,095) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 44 | #1,152 (1909) | #1,611 |
| 1910s | 297 | #1,067 (1913) | #1,168 |
| 1920s | 336 | #1,237 (1921) | #1,376 |
| 1930s | 176 | #1,499 (1930) | #1,970 |
| 1940s | 326 | #1,312 (1945) | #1,513 |
| 1950s | 410 | #1,329 (1956) | #1,615 |
| 1960s | 726 | #951 (1969) | #1,333 |
| 1970s | 1,523 | #780 (1978) | #891 |
| 1980s | 11,650 | #104 (1989) | #310 |
| 1990s | 44,095 | #69 (1993) | #78 |
| 2000s | 25,936 | #91 (2000) | #137 |
| 2010s | 14,302 | #204 (2013) | #230 |
| 2020s | 4,727 | #320 (2020) | #403 |
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.
Alexandria in 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 783 of them was named Alexandria, which outranked 99.1% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 191,428 of them was named Alexandria, which outranked 47.6% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,162Zenon11
- #4,162Zephaniah11
- #4,162Zvi11
- #4,450Alexandria10
- #4,450Abigail10
- #4,450Adem10
- #4,450Adham10
- #4,786Abdulla9
- #4,786Abid9
- #4,786Abu9
Tied with 335 names at #4,450; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.