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 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1992 with 2,202 babies (rank #7 that year). In 2024 it was given to 134 girls (rank #216). 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.

27,786
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
2,202
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
19911,806#10
19922,202#7
19932,147#6
19941,870#5
19951,927#5
19961,762#5
19971,450#6
19981,338#8
19991,162#10
20001,059#13
20011,006#14
2002817#21
2003772#24
2004776#19
2005720#25
2006629#32
2007600#37
2008565#43
2009536#45
2010517#43
2011437#55
2012454#50
2013408#64
2014387#70
2015385#71
2016337#84
2017311#87
2018286#91
2019250#100
2020214#117
2021178#156
2022142#199
2023138#198
2024134#216