Alexa Girl

How popular is Alexa?

#1,029 girl name in 2025

243 baby girls were named Alexa in the US in 2025, making it the 1029th most popular girl name.

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130,166living people named Alexa (est.)
20median age of people named Alexa
131,835babies named Alexa since 1880
1 in 13,643US babies born in 2025

Alexa popularity over time

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Boys Girls

Rank in 2025#1,029 for girls (▼ 223 from 2024)
Babies in 2025243 girls
10-year trendFalling fast (-96% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#32 in 2015, #230 in 2020
Peak year2006 (6,117 girls)
Highest rank#32 in 2015
First recorded1916
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)0% boys, 100% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Where Alexa is most popular

Babies named Alexa per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. Texas: 0.6 per 1,000 (476 girls)
  2. Arizona: 0.5 per 1,000 (73 girls)
  3. California: 0.5 per 1,000 (437 girls)
  4. Maryland: 0.5 per 1,000 (49 girls)
  5. Delaware: 0.4 per 1,000 (5 girls)

Alexa by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1910s10#4,415
1920s45#3,115
1930s17#3,433
1940s219#1,326
1950s409#1,253
1960s441#1,231
1970s1,564#690
1980s4,785#203
1990s30,294#89
2000s48,114#39
2010s41,999#32
2020s3,654#230

Girl names about as popular as Alexa

Questions

Is Alexa a boy or girl name?
Alexa is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Alexa were girls.
How popular is the name Alexa?
243 baby girls were named Alexa in the US in 2025, making it the 1029th most popular girl name.
When was Alexa most popular?
Alexa peaked in 2006, when 6,117 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #32 in 2015.
How many people are named Alexa?
131,835 babies have been named Alexa in the US since 1880. We estimate about 130,166 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
Where is Alexa most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Alexa was most common in Texas, at 0.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.