# Alexa (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alexa/  
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 | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 131,835 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 284 / 131,551 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,176, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

* From Alex + -a. A feminine form of Alex. * A female given name, clipping 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 | 4,510 | 55 |
| 2012 | 4,297 | 57 |
| 2013 | 4,106 | 60 |
| 2014 | 4,249 | 64 |
| 2015 | 6,053 | 32 |
| 2016 | 4,775 | 51 |
| 2017 | 3,896 | 66 |
| 2018 | 3,068 | 90 |
| 2019 | 2,002 | 139 |
| 2020 | 1,285 | 230 |
| 2021 | 708 | 440 |
| 2022 | 577 | 535 |
| 2023 | 492 | 606 |
| 2024 | 349 | 806 |
| 2025 | 243 | 1,029 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 10 | 7,118 |
| 2006 | 8 | 8,755 |
| 2007 | 9 | 8,198 |
| 2008 | 13 | 6,406 |
| 2009 | 7 | 9,900 |
| 2010 | 7 | 9,729 |
| 2011 | 8 | 8,792 |
| 2013 | 7 | 9,694 |
| 2014 | 7 | 9,682 |
| 2015 | 14 | 6,005 |
| 2016 | 5 | 12,274 |
| 2017 | 5 | 12,336 |
| 2018 | 8 | 8,853 |
| 2019 | 6 | 10,867 |
| 2020 | 5 | 12,116 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 353 | 152 |
| 2012 | 320 | 162 |
| 2013 | 319 | 162 |
| 2014 | 292 | 181 |
| 2015 | 314 | 175 |
| 2016 | 332 | 167 |
| 2017 | 301 | 181 |
| 2018 | 118 | 380 |
| 2019 | 39 | 920 |
| 2020 | 17 | 1,687 |
| 2021 | 15 | 1,866 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,325 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,927 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,574 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

## People named Alexa

- Alexa PenaVega, American actress
- Alexa Demie, American actress and singer
- Alexa Davalos, French-American actress
- Alexa Chung, English television presenter, model and contributing editor
- Alexa Nikolas, American actress
- Alexa Glatch, American tennis player
- Alexa Knierim, American pair skater
- Alexa Guarachi, Chilean tennis player
- Alexa Havins, American actress
- Alexa Ray Joel, American singer
- Alexa Wilding, English artists' model (1845-1884)
- Alexa Canady, American physician specializing in neurosurgery

## 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.