Alexandria Girl
How popular is Alexandria?
#474 girl name in 2025
647 baby girls were named Alexandria in the US in 2025, making it the 474th most popular girl name.
Alexandria popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #474 for girls (▼ 11 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 647 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-58% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #212 in 2015, #320 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1993 (5,027 girls) |
| Highest rank | #69 in 1993 |
| First recorded | 1902 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Alexandria counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Alexandria family of names ranked #449 for girls in 2025 (#441 the year before), with 658 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandria | 647 | 98% |
| Alexzandria | 11 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Alexandria is most popular
Babies named Alexandria per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Nevada: 1.1 per 1,000 (51 girls)
- New Mexico: 1.0 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- Oklahoma: 0.9 per 1,000 (65 girls)
- Kansas: 0.8 per 1,000 (46 girls)
- Arizona: 0.8 per 1,000 (110 girls)
Alexandria by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 44 | #1,152 |
| 1910s | 297 | #1,067 |
| 1920s | 336 | #1,237 |
| 1930s | 176 | #1,498 |
| 1940s | 326 | #1,311 |
| 1950s | 410 | #1,328 |
| 1960s | 726 | #951 |
| 1970s | 1,523 | #780 |
| 1980s | 11,650 | #104 |
| 1990s | 44,095 | #69 |
| 2000s | 25,936 | #91 |
| 2010s | 14,302 | #204 |
| 2020s | 4,727 | #320 |
Girl names about as popular as Alexandria
Questions
- Is Alexandria a boy or girl name?
- Alexandria is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Alexandria were girls.
- How popular is the name Alexandria?
- 647 baby girls were named Alexandria in the US in 2025, making it the 474th most popular girl name.
- When was Alexandria most popular?
- Alexandria peaked in 1993, when 5,027 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #69 in 1993.
- How many people are named Alexandria?
- 104,778 babies have been named Alexandria in the US since 1880. We estimate about 102,250 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 28.
- Where is Alexandria most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Alexandria was most common in Nevada, at 1.1 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.