NameTides

Alexandria

Alexandria was the #474 girls' name in the US in 2025 (647 babies), and #1,407 in England & Wales and #834 in Canada.

Alexandria as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Alexandria 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
Alexandria 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#474 (647)#1,407 (22)———#834 (34)
2024#463 (678)#2,254 (12)#476 (6)——#631 (46)
2023#403 (760)#2,063 (13)—#391 (3)#727 (4)#1,044 (24)
2022#406 (775)#1,452 (21)#760 (3)——#679 (41)
2021#353 (884)#1,128 (30)——#661 (5)#590 (51)
2020#320 (983)#1,127 (29)#765 (3)——#508 (58)
2019#299 (1,105)#1,782 (16)#493 (6)—#716 (4)#466 (70)
2018#282 (1,184)#1,083 (32)#502 (6)——#425 (76)
2017#257 (1,249)#1,002 (36)#666 (4)—#734 (4)#485 (67)
2016#218 (1,477)#1,142 (30)#675 (4)#306 (5)#661 (5)#521 (62)
2015#212 (1,544)#1,324 (25)#653 (4)—#581 (6)#388 (89)
2014#211 (1,609)#1,155 (30)#603 (5)—#536 (7)#311 (107)
2013#204 (1,566)#999 (36)#816 (3)#440 (3)—#365 (89)
2012#205 (1,523)#1,018 (35)—#451 (3)#612 (6)#421 (75)
2011#205 (1,530)#1,295 (24)#674 (4)—#612 (6)#339 (96)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1993 at #69.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1902.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,500 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 2,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Alexandria is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,500 to 1 in 2,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alexandria by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #612WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #452WAIdaho: #351IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #731MNIllinois: #436ILMichigan: #424MINew York: #585NYMassachusetts: #624MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #264NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #396INOhio: #401OHPennsylvania: #487PANew Jersey: #470NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #425CAUtah: #490UTColorado: #428CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #516MOKentucky: #443KYWest Virginia: #308WVVirginia: #606VAMaryland: #511MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #317AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #445KSArkansas: #335ARTennessee: #432TNNorth Carolina: #427NCSouth Carolina: #467SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #296OKLouisiana: #677LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #716ALGeorgia: #452GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #457TXFlorida: #426FL
Alexandria (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#59021

Alexandria (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
AlexandriaCanadaGirls#83434
AlexandriaEngland & WalesGirls#1,40722
AlexandriaIrelandGirls—too few
AlexandriaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AlexandriaScotlandGirls—too few
AlexandriaUSGirls#474647
AlexandriaUSBoys—too few