How Many People Are Named Alejandro?

140,376

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

About 1 in 2,434 people in the US has this name

Based on 147,470 babies named Alejandro in Social Security records from 1885 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#386

⭐ Uncommon

Rank Among Boy Names

#177

See the top 100

Peak Year

2001

4,577 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Spanish
Pronunciation: a-le-KHAN-dro
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Spanish form of ALEXANDER.

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

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.6%
Male
99.4%

Of the babies given the name Alejandro, 0.6% were girls and 99.4% were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Alejandro alive today is about 25 years old, and 67% are under 30. Half of them were between 15 and 33 in 2025.

Under 30 94,411
67.3%
30 to 59 43,024
30.6%
60 and over 2,941
2.1%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Alejandro first appears in the records in 1885 and was given most often in 2001, to 4,577 babies. In 2025, 1,842 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1885 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Alejandro never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #88, in 1999 and 2001, and it was in the top 100 for 10 years, 1997 to 2006. In 2025 it ranked #195.

Boys
Rank in 2025#195
Best rank#88 (1999 and 2001)
Years in the top 10010 (1997 to 2006)
Rank in its biggest decade#101 in the 2000s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

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

More people named Alejandro were born in California than in any other state: about 46,923 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Alejandro was given 2.5 times as often in California, 2.4 times in Texas and 2.2 times in Arizona.

California 46,923
Texas 30,375
Florida 10,140
Illinois 7,787
Arizona 5,895
New York 5,145
New Jersey 2,390
Washington 2,321
Colorado 2,304
Georgia 1,987
New Mexico 1,744
North Carolina 1,694
Nevada 1,497
Michigan 1,337
Oregon 1,242
Virginia 1,164
Indiana 1,094
Wisconsin 1,030
Massachusetts 991
Pennsylvania 885
Kansas 843
Ohio 832
Oklahoma 815
Maryland 752
Utah 749
Tennessee 710
Connecticut 611
Minnesota 587
Nebraska 510
Iowa 509
Missouri 453
Idaho 440
South Carolina 424
Alabama 415
Arkansas 394
Louisiana 338
Kentucky 278
District of Columbia 191
Rhode Island 125
Mississippi 88
Delaware 68
Hawaii 34
South Dakota 20
Wyoming 16
Alaska 5
New Hampshire 5
West Virginia 5

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