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Alexandra

Gender
Girl
Say it
al-ig-ZAHN-dra
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#230 for girls
US rank, 2025
#237 for girls

Alexandra is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender of men”. In 2025 it ranked 230th for girls in the UK (229 babies) and 237th for girls in the US (1,314 babies).

What does Alexandra mean?

Greek: feminine of Alexander

“defender of men”

Queen Alexandra (1844-1925), the Danish-born wife of Edward VII, brought the name to prominence in Britain.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Alexandra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 229 girls in the UK and 1,314 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Alexandra in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#230among girls
Babies in 2025
229about 1 in 1,200 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 46% in five years
Same name in a class
1.1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 229 girls in the UK were named Alexandra, making it the 230th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 141st. Its busiest year was 1996, with 1,713 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 9 years. 2025 had the fewest girls named Alexandra since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Alexandra in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 231st in England and Wales, 183rd in Scotland and 290th in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1974 (#82), 1984 (#52), 1994 (#40) and 2004 (#72).

1996Busiest: 1,713 in 19962025
Alexandra in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025229#230
2024255#208
2023277#198
2022319#178
2021345#170
2020405#141
2019480#120
2018520#115
2017521#115
2016578#114
2015560#115
2014586#107
2013613#100
2012571#111
2011606#105
2010695#95
2009790#87
2008703#91
2007644#95
2006685#89
2005711#86
2004823#72
2003863#68
20021,006#59
20011,089#52
20001,154#47
19991,224#51
19981,439#45
19971,508#45
19961,713#38

How popular is Alexandra in the US?

Rank in 2025
#237among girls
Babies in 2025
1,314about 1 in 1,200 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 36% in five years
Same name in a class
1.1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 1,314 girls in the US were named Alexandra, making it the 237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 138th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 10,683 girls. It first appears in the records in 1894.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 12 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Alexandra than any year since 1981.

Half of all the girls named Alexandra in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.

1894Busiest: 10,683 in 19932025
Alexandra in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20251,314#237
20241,390#221
20231,473#204
20221,552#190
20211,726#169
20201,966#138
20192,133#130
20182,410#125
20172,607#120
20162,855#110
20153,007#100
20143,316#92
20133,509#82
20123,483#76
20113,630#76
20104,021#64
20094,166#69
20084,612#61
20075,354#49
20066,101#40
20056,319#37
20046,625#37
20036,545#38
20026,936#38
20017,045#38
20007,550#36
19998,163#32
19988,608#27
19978,752#30
199610,025#26
199510,160#26
199410,226#28
199310,683#28
199210,221#29
19919,460#36
19908,508#37
19897,680#43
19886,972#49
19875,220#59
19863,808#72
19853,017#92
19842,814#96
19831,699#163
19821,527#180
19811,207#220
1980873#284
1979827#290
1978764#302
1977745#317
1976691#324
1975723#314
1974708#319
1973675#330
1972624#354
1971577#389
1970626#380
1969549#405
1968522#408
1967385#483
1966316#531
1965306#542
1964295#573
1963236#657
1962215#705
1961217#708
1960203#715
1959194#719
1958171#760
1957175#753
1956172#735
1955158#753
1954167#713
1953144#759
1952164#698
1951136#752
1950117#802
1949150#682
1948128#752
1947147#696
1946133#698
1945116#692
1944120#681
1943124#681
1942120#679
194167#894
194064#894
193967#857
193866#866
193747#1,035
193653#941
193545#1,031
193448#993
193341#1,085
193227#1,448
193117#1,940
193033#1,320
192924#1,597
192829#1,468
192740#1,233
192640#1,220
192539#1,252
192440#1,258
192343#1,174
192234#1,366
192145#1,136
192036#1,282
191945#1,090
191847#1,061
191746#1,040
191645#1,026
191549#944
191435#1,003
191315#1,528
191222#1,117
191113#1,300
191010#1,521
19099#1,471
19086#1,862
19079#1,384
19067#1,553
19059#1,297
19040–
19038#1,318
190210#1,133
19010–
19000–
18990–
18980–
18970–
18960–
18958#1,202
18945#1,484

Nicknames for Alexandra

Names like Alexandra

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

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Other spellings of Alexandra

Alexsandra

Names related to Alexandra

Aleksandra Alexandria Alexandrea Alixandra Alyxandra Alexzandria Alyxandria Alexzandra

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