Alejandro
Alejandro is ranked 184th among boys in 2024 (1,992 births). Its best rank was 88th, in 1999, 2001.
- Rank in 2024
- #184up 16 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,9920.12% of boys
- Peak year
- 20014,557 births
- Best rank
- #88first in 1999
- Since 1885
- 144,768people given the name
The story in the numbers
144,768 boys have been named Alejandro in the United States since 1885, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2001, with 4,557 births — 0.23% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 158 → 184).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2001, and the 2000s alone account for 30%. It has spent 111 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 10 of them in the top 100.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Alejandro | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | |
| 1890s | 10 | |
| 1900s | 66 | |
| 1910s | 228 | |
| 1920s | 732 | |
| 1930s | 775 | |
| 1940s | 938 | |
| 1950s | 1,713 | |
| 1960s | 3,099 | |
| 1970s | 9,134 | |
| 1980s | 15,316 | |
| 1990s | 35,176 | |
| 2000s | 43,115 | |
| 2010s | 25,030 | |
| 2020s | 9,426 |
In 2001, its biggest year
Alejandro was the 88th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2001 were Jacob, Michael, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 2001.
Names that rose and fell with Alejandro
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Cesarpeak 2004
- Gianfrancopeak 2002
- Alexandropeak 2004
- Alexandrepeak 2003
- Deshaunpeak 2006
- Leobardopeak 2003
- Eduardopeak 2001
- Abrahanpeak 2003
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.