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 1953 and has been recorded in 62 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1969 with 791 babies (rank #28 that year). It was not in the 2017 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.

10,928
Total babies (all years)
62
Years in the data
791
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
195345#277
195447#271
195564#227
1956105#152
195786#188
1958162#111
1959174#105
1960193#94
1961301#66
1962291#69
1963427#42
1964389#49
1965404#46
1966471#42
1967496#44
1968616#34
1969791#28
1970610#34
1971618#33
1972513#39
1973359#50
1974320#53
1975277#63
1976211#82
1977180#97
1978173#106
1979137#117
1980136#123
1981115#148
198296#166
1983103#157
198497#165
1985146#118
1986117#152
1987119#144
1988119#148
1989105#162
1990102#175
1991114#158
1992100#175
199370#232
199475#214
199575#208
199679#196
199758#263
199873#213
199949#291
200053#274
200149#289
200239#340
200332#390
200441#323
200536#323
200640#297
200732#352
200829#379
200942#279
201030#342
201120#443
201225#361
201323#375
201429#313