NameTides

Alexandra

Alexandra was the #237 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,314 babies), and #231 in England & Wales and #232 in Canada.

Alexandra as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Alexandra as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandScotlandCanadaUSEngland & WalesNorthern Ireland
Alexandra as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#237 (1,314)#231 (202)#183 (22)#290 (5)#141 (32)#232 (132)——
2024#221 (1,390)#215 (226)#176 (23)#253 (6)#145 (32)#215 (136)——
2023#204 (1,473)#197 (252)#210 (19)#264 (6)#148 (32)#199 (140)——
2022#190 (1,552)#183 (281)#163 (26)#162 (12)#118 (44)#197 (145)——
2021#169 (1,726)#161 (318)#225 (18)#206 (9)#106 (52)#146 (195)——
2020#138 (1,966)#136 (366)#147 (29)#178 (10)#107 (47)#117 (219)——
2019#130 (2,133)#117 (436)#158 (28)#131 (16)#88 (65)#99 (255)——
2018#125 (2,410)#117 (463)#143 (33)#101 (24)#113 (51)#95 (288)—#87 (63)
2017#120 (2,607)#120 (460)#103 (45)#143 (16)#111 (54)#87 (317)—#89 (64)
2016#110 (2,855)#113 (502)#82 (58)#123 (18)#91 (64)#83 (345)—#55 (85)
2015#100 (3,007)#116 (500)#134 (36)#101 (24)#78 (82)#70 (387)#89 (82)#68 (70)
2014#92 (3,316)#107 (529)#121 (40)#136 (17)#83 (82)#69 (392)#79 (87)#55 (85)
2013#82 (3,509)#102 (543)#119 (39)#79 (31)#90 (74)#65 (409)#68 (102)#54 (92)
2012#76 (3,483)#116 (498)#102 (49)#102 (24)#105 (62)#49 (465)#85 (85)#54 (89)
2011#76 (3,630)#107 (534)#99 (45)#93 (27)#97 (71)#55 (440)#92 (79)#58 (79)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1993 at #28.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1894.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,200 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 810common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 660common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Alexandra is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,300 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,300 to 1 in 1,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alexandra by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #220WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #149NHWashington: #226WAIdaho: #244IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #232MNIllinois: #231ILMichigan: #406MINew York: #126NYMassachusetts: #164MAOregon: #298ORNevada: #328NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #233SDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #418INOhio: #268OHPennsylvania: #228PANew Jersey: #179NJConnecticut: #175CTRhode Island: #103RICalifornia: #158CAUtah: #385UTColorado: #298CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #386MOKentucky: #443KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #169VAMaryland: #156MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #282AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #335ARTennessee: #497TNNorth Carolina: #273NCSouth Carolina: #311SCDistrict of Columbia: #93DCOklahoma: #272OKLouisiana: #295LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #318ALGeorgia: #380GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #253TXFlorida: #167FL
Alexandra (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#16068
Quebec2025#41112

Alexandra (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
AlexandraCanadaGirls#232132
AlexandraCanadaBoys—too few
AlexandraEngland & WalesGirls#231202
AlexandraIrelandGirls#14132
AlexandraNorthern IrelandGirls#2905
AlexandraNSWGirls—too few
AlexandraScotlandGirls#18322
AlexandraUSGirls#2371,314
AlexandraUSBoys—too few
AlexandraVICGirls—too few