# Alejandra (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alejandra/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Spanish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 54,545 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 530 / 54,015 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 136, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Alejandra. Doublet of Alexandra.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 929 | 344 |
| 2012 | 785 | 395 |
| 2013 | 725 | 419 |
| 2014 | 717 | 446 |
| 2015 | 703 | 451 |
| 2016 | 721 | 446 |
| 2017 | 617 | 507 |
| 2018 | 608 | 512 |
| 2019 | 600 | 518 |
| 2020 | 551 | 545 |
| 2021 | 480 | 617 |
| 2022 | 529 | 568 |
| 2023 | 554 | 548 |
| 2024 | 524 | 578 |
| 2025 | 486 | 604 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 36 | 2,220 |
| 1995 | 26 | 2,764 |
| 1996 | 14 | 4,400 |
| 1997 | 24 | 3,064 |
| 1998 | 15 | 4,416 |
| 1999 | 14 | 4,766 |
| 2000 | 10 | 6,331 |
| 2001 | 17 | 4,484 |
| 2003 | 11 | 6,273 |
| 2004 | 11 | 6,538 |
| 2005 | 9 | 7,653 |
| 2006 | 6 | 10,720 |
| 2007 | 5 | 12,432 |
| 2014 | 7 | 9,679 |
| 2020 | 5 | 12,114 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,659 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,705 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,674 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

## People named Alejandra

- Alejandra Pizarnik, Argentinian poet (1936-1972)
- Alejandra García, Argentine pole vaulter
- Alejandra Benítez, fencer
- Alejandra Gulla, field hockey player
- Alejandra Ramos, Chilean distance runner
- Alejandra Da Passano, Argentine actress (1947–2014)
- Alejandra Costamagna, Chilean journalist and author
- Alejandra Oliveras, Argentine boxer (1978–2025)
- Alejandra Sandoval, Colombian actress and model
- Alejandra Villafañe, Colombian actress and model, 1989-2023
- Fairuza Balk, American actress
- Gilda, Argentine singer and songwriter (1961–1996)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.