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Alejandra

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Alejandra is ranked 576th among girls in 2024 (523 births). Its best rank was 145th, in 1994.

Rank in 2024
#576down 28 from 2023
Births in 2024
5230.03% of girls
Peak year
19942,187 births
Best rank
#145in 1994
Since 1900
53,524people given the name
Babies named Alejandra, by year of birthgirls
06251.3k1.9k2.5k18801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

53,524 girls have been named Alejandra in the United States since 1900, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1994, with 2,187 births — 0.12% of all girls recorded that year.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 446 → 576).

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1999, and the 1990s alone account for 36%. It has spent 53 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadegirls named Alejandra
1900s6
1910s82
1920s166
1930s129
1940s155
1950s160
1960s411
1970s2,073
1980s5,560
1990s19,010
2000s15,544
2010s7,593
2020s2,635

In 1994, its biggest year

Alejandra was the 145th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1994 were Jessica, Ashley, Emily, Samantha and Sarah. See all of 1994.

Names that rose and fell with Alejandra

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.