Alejo

Popularity Trends

The name Alejo is the #6,867 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 872 recorded births since 1909. This represents the 11.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,715 (18.9% percentile) for all time with 872 births since 1909.

Alejo first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1909 (first recorded for boys in 1909). Birth data for Alejo is available in 98 out of the 115 years between 1909 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Alejo reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #766) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1909, with 28 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Alejo ranks #903 for boys (0.9% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 25.1% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Alejo".

1909 2023 19092023

Key Statistics

Total Births

872

Peak Births

Peak Year

1996

First Recorded

1909

Peak Percentile

1.5%

Current Percentile

0.9%

Peak Rank

#766

Current Rank

#903

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Alejo", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Alejo.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Alejo's popularity from 1906 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Alejo at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Alejo range from Gable at 67.7% correlation to Creighton at 57.4% correlation, with an average correlation level of 60.8%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Lucio with 6.0K births (100% boys) and the least popular is Argatha with 5 births (100% girls).

Alejo's share of births peaked at 28.3 births per million for boys in 1996. It reached its lowest point of 2.3 births per million (8% of peak) in 1961. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Alejo had 7.1 births per million, 25% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Gable

775

67.69% (strong)

Eligio

1,525

64.71% (strong)

Lucio

5,998

61.29% (strong)

Liona

196

61.24% (strong)

Jacinto

2,869

60.63% (strong)

Argatha

60.47% (strong)

Cosme

1,353

59.98% (moderate)

59.65% (moderate)

59.59% (moderate)

59.10% (moderate)

57.59% (moderate)

3,722

57.43% (moderate)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Alejo

Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Alejo. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 30.2% confident that Alejo is pronounced as uh-LAY-hoh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-LEH-hoh, at 23.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.

30.2%

23.3%

23.3%

14.0%

4.7%

4.7%

uh-LAY-hoh (3 syllables)

30.2% confidence

AH0 L EY1 HH OW0

uh-LEH-hoh (3 syllables)

23.3% confidence

AH0 L EH1 HH OW0

ah-LEH-hoh (3 syllables)

23.3% confidence

AA0 L EH1 HH OW0

ah-LAY-yoh (3 syllables)

Verified

14.0% confidence

AA0 L EY1 Y OW0

AH-LEH-hoh (3 syllables)

4.7% confidence

AA1 L EH1 HH OW0

ah-LAY-hoh (3 syllables)

4.7% confidence

AA0 L EY1 HH OW0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name Alejo? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Alejo. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Alejo, please vote using the thumbs up button.

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like AH0 L EY1 HH OW0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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