How Many People Are Named Alexa?
people named Alexa are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,629 people in the US has this name
Based on 131,835 babies named Alexa in Social Security records from 1916 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
โญ Uncommon
Peak Year
6,125 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of ALEXANDRA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
โง Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Alexa (99.8%) were girls.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Alexa alive today is about 20 years old, and 82% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 27 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Alexa first appears in the records in 1916 and was given most often in 2006, to 6,125 babies. In 2025, 243 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1916 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Alexa never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #32, in 2015, and it was in the top 100 in 24 years between 1994 and 2018. In 2025 it ranked #1,029.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,029 |
| Best rank | #32 (2015) |
| Years in the top 100 | 24 (1994 to 2018) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #58 in the 2000s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Alexa alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Alexa were born in California than in any other state: about 22,579 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Alexa was given 1.8 times as often in Nevada, 1.7 times in New Jersey and 1.6 times in Connecticut.
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