How Many People Are Named Alejandra?

53,178

people named Alejandra are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 6,427 people in the US has this name

Based on 54,545 babies named Alejandra in Social Security records from 1900 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#891

💎 Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#451

See the top 100

Peak Year

1994

2,223 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Spanish
Pronunciation: a-le-KHAN-dra
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Spanish form of ALEXANDRA.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

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⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
99.0%
Male
1.0%

Of the babies given the name Alejandra, 99% were girls and 1% were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Alejandra alive today is about 25 years old, and 63% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 32 in 2025.

Under 30 33,701
63.4%
30 to 59 19,038
35.8%
60 and over 438
0.8%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Alejandra first appears in the records in 1900 and was given most often in 1994, to 2,223 babies. In 2025, 486 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1900 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Alejandra has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #145, in 1994. In 2025 it ranked #604.

Girls
Rank in 2025#604
Best rank#145 (1994)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#166 in the 1990s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Alejandra alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Alejandra were born in California than in any other state: about 20,966 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Alejandra was given 2.8 times as often in California, 2.4 times in Texas and 2.1 times in Arizona.

California 20,966
Texas 11,586
Illinois 2,685
Florida 2,525
Arizona 2,028
New York 1,459
Colorado 813
Washington 753
New Jersey 738
Georgia 713
Nevada 628
North Carolina 576
Virginia 486
New Mexico 473
Oregon 404
Maryland 337
Indiana 324
Oklahoma 314
Michigan 310
Kansas 309
Wisconsin 272
Massachusetts 250
Utah 236
Tennessee 236
Ohio 206
Minnesota 198
Iowa 176
Pennsylvania 166
Connecticut 143
Arkansas 136
Nebraska 135
Missouri 129
Idaho 112
Louisiana 67
South Carolina 63
Alabama 58
Kentucky 54
District of Columbia 34
Delaware 5
Rhode Island 5

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