Alexandra

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Greek

Meaning

Alexandra is a female given name of Greek origin. It is the first attested form of its variants, including Alexander. Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb แผ€ฮปฮญฮพฮตฮนฮฝ and แผ€ฮฝฮฎฯ. Thus it may be roughly translated as "defender of man" or "protector of man".

From Wikipedia

Alexandra first appears in the data in 1969 and has been recorded in 46 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1991 with 473 babies (rank #17 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Alexandra

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Alexandra yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

9,995
Total babies (all years)
46
Years in the data
473
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
196985#101
197299#98
197481#102
197589#93
1977100#89
197896#91
197996#94
1980148#76
1981115#86
1982132#88
1983145#84
1984175#69
1985242#47
1986252#45
1987393#24
1988416#23
1989398#21
1990457#22
1991473#17
1992446#19
1993464#16
1994434#18
1995420#22
1996354#26
1997352#31
1998344#29
1999334#27
2000290#31
2001237#45
2002242#45
2003242#38
2004188#53
2005234#43
2006138#40
2007103#72
2008105#71
200996#76
2010101#63
201179#92
201285#85
2013102#68
201496#87
2015246#91
2016240#99
201715#122
201916#131