Alexa

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: German

Meaning

Alexa is a female form of Alex. It is variously a given name in its own right or a short form of Alexandra, both of which come from the Greek name Alexandros.

From Wikipedia

Alexa first appears in the data in 1916 and has been recorded in 96 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2006 with 6,117 babies (rank #39 that year). In 2024 it was given to 348 girls (rank #806). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Alexa

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

131,588
Total babies (all years)
96
Years in the data
6,117
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19165#4,430
19175#4,606
19216#4,474
19235#4,979
19245#5,085
192510#3,119
19266#4,314
19276#4,302
19287#3,751
19315#4,342
19355#4,215
19377#3,439
19416#3,961
19428#3,447
19436#4,203
194416#2,200
194520#1,875
194624#1,859
194746#1,358
194848#1,328
194945#1,376
195038#1,495
195155#1,254
195252#1,333
195339#1,565
195433#1,801
195541#1,597
195633#1,871
195753#1,458
195839#1,733
195926#2,235
196034#1,952
196136#1,920
196247#1,651
196334#2,017
196431#2,152
196528#2,250
196632#2,058
196746#1,682
196879#1,231
196975#1,304
197086#1,270
197168#1,489
197292#1,169
1973152#847
1974213#689
1975211#702
1976202#723
1977189#792
1978175#846
1979176#875
1980179#859
1981222#743
1982216#765
1983219#745
1984208#775
1985200#816
1986498#432
1987821#294
1988918#273
19891,305#203
19902,131#146
19912,476#127
19922,234#140
19933,037#107
19943,441#95
19953,359#100
19963,260#100
19973,090#106
19983,622#93
19993,644#89
20003,674#87
20013,898#78
20024,401#69
20034,597#67
20044,440#72
20054,664#66
20066,117#39
20075,785#40
20085,226#50
20095,310#43
20105,043#50
20114,510#55
20124,296#57
20134,106#60
20144,249#64
20156,053#32
20164,775#51
20173,896#66
20183,067#90
20192,002#139
20201,284#230
2021708#439
2022577#535
2023492#604
2024348#806