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Alexa

Gender
Girl
Say it
a-LEK-sa
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#4,276 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,029 for girls

Alexa is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender of men”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 1,029th for girls in the US (243 babies).

What does Alexa mean?

Greek: short form of Alexandra

“defender of men”

A short form of Alexandra, the feminine of Alexander.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Alexa a girl's or a boy's name?

Alexa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 243 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Alexa in the UK?

Rank in 2025
4,276th among girls
Babies in 2025
5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling fast down 88% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Alexa, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,708th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 393 girls.

2025 had the fewest girls named Alexa since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Alexa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 393 in 20112025
Alexa in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20255#4,276
202410#2,644
20239#2,841
202211#2,450
202117#1,794
202018#1,708
201940#960
2018137#370
2017347#176
2016371#167
2015351#174
2014344#177
2013355#166
2012360#162
2011393#154
2010342#175
2009363#168
2008297#200
2007236#246
2006186#279
200575#509
200457#595
200343#711
200247#642
200143#658
200032#792
199934#752
199841#668
199736#748
199635#719

How popular is Alexa in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,029th among girls
Babies in 2025
243 about 1 in 6,600 girls
Five-year trend
Falling fast down 83% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 243 girls in the US were named Alexa, making it the 1,029th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 230th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 6,117 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 10 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Alexa than any year since 1985.

Half of all the girls named Alexa in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.

1916Busiest: 6,117 in 20062025
Alexa in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025243#1,029
2024349#806
2023492#606
2022577#535
2021708#440
20201,285#230
20192,002#139
20183,068#90
20173,896#66
20164,775#51
20156,053#32
20144,249#64
20134,106#60
20124,297#57
20114,510#55
20105,043#50
20095,311#43
20085,226#50
20075,785#40
20066,117#39
20054,664#66
20044,440#72
20034,598#67
20024,401#69
20013,898#78
20003,674#87
19993,644#89
19983,622#93
19973,090#106
19963,260#100
19953,359#100
19943,441#95
19933,037#107
19922,234#140
19912,476#127
19902,131#146
19891,305#203
1988918#273
1987821#294
1986498#432
1985200#816
1984208#775
1983219#745
1982215#767
1981222#743
1980179#859
1979176#875
1978175#846
1977189#792
1976202#723
1975211#702
1974213#690
1973152#847
197292#1,169
197168#1,488
197086#1,270
196975#1,303
196879#1,231
196746#1,682
196632#2,057
196528#2,246
196430#2,194
196334#2,014
196247#1,650
196136#1,920
196034#1,952
195926#2,233
195839#1,732
195753#1,457
195633#1,870
195541#1,596
195433#1,800
195339#1,564
195252#1,332
195155#1,253
195038#1,494
194945#1,375
194848#1,326
194746#1,356
194624#1,859
194520#1,873
194416#2,198
19436#4,195
19428#3,442
19416#3,952
19400–
19390–
19380–
19377#3,433
19360–
19355#4,202
19340–
19330–
19320–
19315#4,329
19300–
19290–
19287#3,741
19276#4,284
19266#4,304
192510#3,115
19245#5,059
19235#4,966
19220–
19216#4,462
19200–
19190–
19180–
19175#4,592
19165#4,415

Nicknames for Alexa

Names like Alexa

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Athena, Fatima, Alexandra, Jessica, Alina, Ava, Francesca, Elena, Alana, Abigail, Sophia, Lyra

Names related to Alexa

Alexis, Alexia, Alexie, Alexus, Elexa, Alexsis, Alexys, Alexi, Alexy, Alexius

More Greek names

Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris

Every Greek name

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, “Alexa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alexa, updated 20 October 2026.