NameTides

Alexa

Alexa was the #1,029 girls' name in the US in 2025 (243 babies), and #4,201 in England & Wales and #1,768 in Canada.

Alexa as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Alexa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Alexa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,029 (243)#4,201 (5)———#1,768 (13)
2024#806 (349)#2,575 (10)———#2,259 (9)
2023#606 (492)#2,928 (8)———#1,678 (13)
2022#535 (577)#2,325 (11)———#1,415 (16)
2021#440 (708)#1,866 (15)———#725 (40)
2020#230 (1,285)#1,687 (17)———#508 (58)
2019#139 (2,002)#920 (39)——#502 (7)#404 (80)
2018#90 (3,068)#380 (118)#376 (9)#195 (10)#319 (14)#164 (180)
2017#66 (3,896)#181 (301)#169 (28)#130 (18)#211 (24)#96 (269)
2016#51 (4,775)#167 (332)#174 (28)#190 (11)#181 (29)#103 (275)
2015#32 (6,053)#175 (314)#182 (24)#166 (13)#233 (22)#107 (274)
2014#64 (4,249)#181 (292)#124 (39)#156 (13)#373 (12)#114 (264)
2013#60 (4,106)#162 (319)#177 (26)#199 (10)#357 (13)#96 (297)
2012#57 (4,297)#162 (320)#151 (31)#203 (9)#237 (22)#85 (324)
2011#55 (4,510)#152 (353)#155 (29)#180 (11)#266 (19)#74 (356)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2015 at #32.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1916.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,600 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 6,600uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Alexa is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,700 to 1 in 9,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alexa by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #667ILMichigan: #965MINew York: #1,526NYMassachusetts: #873MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #1,032INOhio: #1,134OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #1,168NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #731CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #744KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #731MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #578KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #888TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #663TXFlorida: #735FL
Alexa (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5856

Alexa (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AlexaCanadaGirls#1,76813
AlexaEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
AlexaIrelandGirls—too few
AlexaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AlexaScotlandGirls—too few
AlexaUSGirls#1,029243
AlexaUSBoys—too few