Alexandria
Alexandria is ranked 463rd among girls in 2024 (675 births). Its best rank was 69th, in 1993.
- Rank in 2024
- #463down 60 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 6750.04% of girls
- Peak year
- 19935,027 births
- Best rank
- #69in 1993
- Since 1902
- 103,886people given the name
The story in the numbers
103,886 girls have been named Alexandria in the United States since 1902, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1993, with 5,027 births — 0.28% of all girls recorded that year.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago (rank 210 → 463).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1998, and the 1990s alone account for 42%. It has spent 56 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 12 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Alexandria | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 44 | |
| 1910s | 296 | |
| 1920s | 336 | |
| 1930s | 176 | |
| 1940s | 326 | |
| 1950s | 410 | |
| 1960s | 726 | |
| 1970s | 1,524 | |
| 1980s | 11,651 | |
| 1990s | 44,094 | |
| 2000s | 25,935 | |
| 2010s | 14,296 | |
| 2020s | 4,072 |
In 1993, its biggest year
Alexandria was the 69th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1993 were Jessica, Ashley, Sarah, Samantha and Emily. See all of 1993.
Names that rose and fell with Alexandria
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kassandrapeak 1993
- Alexandrapeak 1993
- Kailapeak 1991
- Jasminepeak 1993
- Hayleypeak 1993
- Aerialpeak 1991
- Brianapeak 1994
- Lakinpeak 1996
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.