girls:
242.9k births since 1894
#166 (97th percentile)
boys:
869 births since 1921
#3718 (19th percentile)
overall:
243.8k births since 1894
#328 (96th percentile)
The name Alexandra is the #328 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 243,791 recorded births since 1894. This represents the 95.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 95.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #166 (97.1% percentile) for all time with 242,922 births since 1894. For boys, it ranks #3,718 (18.9% percentile) for all time with 869 births since 1921.
Alexandra first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1894 (1894 for girls and 1921 for boys). Birth data for Alexandra is available in 123 out of the 130 years between 1894 and 2023 (123 years for girls and 45 years for boys). 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.
The name Alexandra has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.6% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Alexandra reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 97.1% percentile (ranked #26) with 5,228 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 5,418 births per million (ranked 96.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1996, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Alexandra ranks #196 for girls (79.4% percentile) with 839 births per million, which is 15.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Alexandra reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 13.0% percentile (ranked #659) with 47 births per million. The name was most common in 1989, with 47 births per million (ranked 13.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Alexandra".
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Our model has identified 14 different pronunciations for the name Alexandra. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 26.8% confident that Alexandra is pronounced as a-lihg-ZAN-druh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is A-lihg-ZAN-druh, at 26.8% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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