# Alejandro (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alejandro/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | Spanish |
| Meaning | “defender of man” |
| Pronunciation | /ˌæləˈhɑndɹoʊ/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 147,470 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 146,624 / 846 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 717, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Alejandro, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, literally “defender of man”), an epithet of the goddess Hera. Doublet of Alexander.

## What it means

Alejandro is grouped under protector.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 18 | 5,672 |
| 2000 | 30 | 4,083 |
| 2001 | 20 | 5,578 |
| 2002 | 19 | 5,905 |
| 2003 | 20 | 5,804 |
| 2004 | 14 | 7,844 |
| 2005 | 11 | 9,482 |
| 2006 | 12 | 9,311 |
| 2007 | 13 | 9,028 |
| 2008 | 8 | 12,625 |
| 2009 | 6 | 15,336 |
| 2010 | 8 | 12,330 |
| 2011 | 5 | 16,888 |
| 2012 | 5 | 16,995 |
| 2014 | 6 | 14,671 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3,091 | 130 |
| 2012 | 2,729 | 148 |
| 2013 | 2,469 | 165 |
| 2014 | 2,602 | 158 |
| 2015 | 2,316 | 180 |
| 2016 | 2,208 | 181 |
| 2017 | 2,032 | 195 |
| 2018 | 1,902 | 208 |
| 2019 | 1,972 | 201 |
| 2020 | 1,792 | 212 |
| 2021 | 1,844 | 206 |
| 2022 | 1,966 | 194 |
| 2023 | 1,837 | 200 |
| 2024 | 1,993 | 186 |
| 2025 | 1,842 | 195 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 36 | 831 |
| 2012 | 25 | 1,086 |
| 2013 | 17 | 1,404 |
| 2014 | 41 | 765 |
| 2015 | 39 | 807 |
| 2016 | 26 | 1,081 |
| 2017 | 30 | 996 |
| 2018 | 31 | 932 |
| 2019 | 27 | 1,030 |
| 2020 | 18 | 1,379 |
| 2021 | 22 | 1,218 |
| 2022 | 25 | 1,104 |
| 2023 | 20 | 1,309 |
| 2024 | 22 | 1,235 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,538 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: أَلِيخَانْدْرُو, آلِيخَانْدْرُو
- Armenian: Ալեխանդրո
- Chinese: 亞歷杭德羅 /亚历杭德罗
- Georgian: ალეხანდრო
- Greek: Αλεχάντρο
- Hebrew: אָלֶחָנְדְרוֹ
- Hindi: अलेख़ांद्रो
- Japanese: アレハンドロ
- Korean: 알레한드로
- Russian: Алеха́ндро
- Ukrainian: Алеха́ндро

## People named Alejandro

- Alejandro Jodorowsky, Chilean-French filmmaker and comics writer
- Alejandro Sabella, Argentine association football player and manager (1954-2020)
- Alejandro Giammattei, former president of Guatemala
- Alejandro Agustín Lanusse, 38th President of the Argentine Republic (1918–1996)
- Alejandro Bedoya, American soccer player
- Alejandro Mayorkas, 7th United States Secretary of Homeland Security
- Alejandro Domínguez, Argentine association football player
- Alejandro Scopelli, Argentine association football player (1908-1987)
- Alejandro Romero Gamarra, Argentine-Paraguayan footballer
- Alejandro Alavena, Chilean architect
- Alejandro Zendejas, American soccer player
- Alejandro Falla, Colombian tennis player

## 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.