Alejandra
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Spanish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #604 for girls
Alejandra is a girls' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 604th for girls in the US (486 babies).
What does Alejandra mean?
Spanish
A female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Alexandra.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Alejandra a girl's or a boy's name?
Alejandra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 486 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alejandra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Alejandra, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2014, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Alejandra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Alejandra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Alejandra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #604among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 486about 1 in 3,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 486 girls in the US were named Alejandra, making it the 604th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 545th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 2,187 girls. It first appears in the records in 1900.
Half of all the girls named Alejandra in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alejandra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 486 | #604 |
| 2024 | 524 | #578 |
| 2023 | 554 | #548 |
| 2022 | 529 | #568 |
| 2021 | 480 | #617 |
| 2020 | 551 | #545 |
| 2019 | 600 | #517 |
| 2018 | 608 | #512 |
| 2017 | 617 | #506 |
| 2016 | 721 | #446 |
| 2015 | 703 | #451 |
| 2014 | 717 | #446 |
| 2013 | 725 | #419 |
| 2012 | 785 | #395 |
| 2011 | 929 | #344 |
| 2010 | 1,188 | #279 |
| 2009 | 1,199 | #273 |
| 2008 | 1,329 | #261 |
| 2007 | 1,376 | #254 |
| 2006 | 1,487 | #233 |
| 2005 | 1,583 | #220 |
| 2004 | 1,630 | #206 |
| 2003 | 1,668 | #197 |
| 2002 | 1,693 | #191 |
| 2001 | 1,718 | #192 |
| 2000 | 1,861 | #174 |
| 1999 | 1,754 | #179 |
| 1998 | 2,020 | #156 |
| 1997 | 1,906 | #162 |
| 1996 | 1,955 | #160 |
| 1995 | 2,002 | #159 |
| 1994 | 2,187 | #145 |
| 1993 | 2,126 | #147 |
| 1992 | 2,044 | #148 |
| 1991 | 1,641 | #182 |
| 1990 | 1,376 | #211 |
| 1989 | 895 | #291 |
| 1988 | 701 | #355 |
| 1987 | 528 | #423 |
| 1986 | 526 | #417 |
| 1985 | 477 | #454 |
| 1984 | 458 | #453 |
| 1983 | 535 | #403 |
| 1982 | 490 | #441 |
| 1981 | 488 | #438 |
| 1980 | 463 | #458 |
| 1979 | 392 | #506 |
| 1978 | 297 | #578 |
| 1977 | 259 | #641 |
| 1976 | 293 | #566 |
| 1975 | 183 | #772 |
| 1974 | 158 | #834 |
| 1973 | 139 | #897 |
| 1972 | 162 | #818 |
| 1971 | 112 | #1,074 |
| 1970 | 78 | #1,343 |
| 1969 | 77 | #1,276 |
| 1968 | 49 | #1,647 |
| 1967 | 45 | #1,702 |
| 1966 | 30 | #2,146 |
| 1965 | 39 | #1,829 |
| 1964 | 48 | #1,666 |
| 1963 | 31 | #2,130 |
| 1962 | 36 | #1,916 |
| 1961 | 26 | #2,358 |
| 1960 | 30 | #2,096 |
| 1959 | 18 | #2,759 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,542 |
| 1957 | 18 | #2,726 |
| 1956 | 18 | #2,724 |
| 1955 | 20 | #2,471 |
| 1954 | 13 | #3,156 |
| 1953 | 9 | #3,954 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,805 |
| 1951 | 22 | #2,115 |
| 1950 | 15 | #2,651 |
| 1949 | 18 | #2,339 |
| 1948 | 28 | #1,777 |
| 1947 | 19 | #2,278 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,738 |
| 1945 | 20 | #1,873 |
| 1944 | 20 | #1,915 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,800 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,815 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1939 | 16 | #2,038 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 14 | #2,153 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,304 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
| 1933 | 17 | #1,906 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,876 |
| 1931 | 15 | #2,104 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,933 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,824 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,380 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,698 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,829 |
| 1925 | 17 | #2,190 |
| 1924 | 18 | #2,136 |
| 1923 | 20 | #1,944 |
| 1922 | 18 | #2,109 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,940 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,463 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
| 1918 | 21 | #1,805 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,551 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,246 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,133 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,185 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,191 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,722 |
Names like Alejandra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Athena Fatima Alexandra Arabella Gabriella Eliana Ariella Isabella Alina Aurora Olivia Ava
More Spanish names
Santiago Lola Xavier Amaya Alaia Diego Rio Cruz Elian Jesus Ximena Javier Esmeralda Amayah Reina Cesar
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alejandra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alejandra, updated 20 October 2026.