Alejandra
Alejandra is ranked 576th among girls in 2024 (523 births). Its best rank was 145th, in 1994.
- Rank in 2024
- #576down 28 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 5230.03% of girls
- Peak year
- 19942,187 births
- Best rank
- #145in 1994
- Since 1900
- 53,524people given the name
The story in the numbers
53,524 girls have been named Alejandra in the United States since 1900, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1994, with 2,187 births — 0.12% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 446 → 576).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1999, and the 1990s alone account for 36%. It has spent 53 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Alejandra | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 | |
| 1910s | 82 | |
| 1920s | 166 | |
| 1930s | 129 | |
| 1940s | 155 | |
| 1950s | 160 | |
| 1960s | 411 | |
| 1970s | 2,073 | |
| 1980s | 5,560 | |
| 1990s | 19,010 | |
| 2000s | 15,544 | |
| 2010s | 7,593 | |
| 2020s | 2,635 |
In 1994, its biggest year
Alejandra was the 145th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1994 were Jessica, Ashley, Emily, Samantha and Sarah. See all of 1994.
Names that rose and fell with Alejandra
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Karlipeak 1994
- Carlipeak 1996
- Keyannapeak 1995
- Marielapeak 1992
- Tiannapeak 1995
- Karlypeak 1993
- Shaylynpeak 1993
- Lorynpeak 1999
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.