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Alexandria

Gender
Girl
Say it
al-ig-ZAHN-dree-a
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#1,460 for girls
US rank, 2025
#474 for girls

Alexandria is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender of men”. In 2025 it ranked 1,460th for girls in the UK (22 babies) and 474th for girls in the US (647 babies).

What does Alexandria mean?

Greek: from the city named after Alexander the Great

“defender of men”

Shares its name with the Egyptian city founded by Alexander the Great, famed for its ancient library.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Alexandria is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 girls in the UK and 647 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Alexandria in the UK?

Rank in 2025
1,460th among girls
Babies in 2025
22 about 1 in 13,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 38% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 22 girls in the UK were named Alexandria, making it the 1,460th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,121st. Its busiest year was 2001, with 136 girls.

Half of all the girls named Alexandria in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,407th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 136 in 20012025
Alexandria in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202522#1,460
202418#1,726
202317#1,798
202224#1,406
202131#1,162
202032#1,121
201922#1,485
201838#1,011
201740#992
201639#999
201529#1,244
201435#1,080
201342#949
201240#978
201128#1,238
201039#949
200937#962
200856#714
200760#648
200659#623
200551#667
200456#608
200370#508
200258#562
2001136#300
200093#391
199997#374
199899#371
1997101#374
199693#391

How popular is Alexandria in the US?

Rank in 2025
474th among girls
Babies in 2025
647 about 1 in 2,500 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 36% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 647 girls in the US were named Alexandria, making it the 474th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 320th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 5,027 girls. It first appears in the records in 1902.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 11 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Alexandria than any year since 1983.

Half of all the girls named Alexandria in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.

1902Busiest: 5,027 in 19932025
Alexandria in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025647#474
2024678#463
2023760#403
2022775#406
2021884#353
2020983#320
20191,105#299
20181,184#282
20171,249#257
20161,477#218
20151,544#212
20141,609#211
20131,566#204
20121,523#205
20111,530#205
20101,515#204
20091,643#200
20081,794#189
20072,203#164
20062,335#147
20052,455#133
20042,653#125
20032,752#123
20023,148#106
20013,404#91
20003,549#91
19993,789#83
19984,009#81
19974,234#78
19964,563#77
19954,772#72
19944,840#73
19935,027#69
19924,796#73
19914,470#78
19903,595#95
19893,059#104
19882,275#124
19871,554#179
19861,120#232
1985855#289
1984848#285
1983551#398
1982592#390
1981552#404
1980244#697
1979186#836
1978196#780
1977144#959
1976146#903
1975147#896
1974156#841
1973130#934
1972136#912
1971148#895
1970134#949
1969126#951
196886#1,166
196789#1,103
196682#1,178
196569#1,302
196451#1,593
196369#1,330
196253#1,539
196152#1,567
196049#1,596
195937#1,819
195846#1,577
195740#1,704
195661#1,328
195532#1,876
195445#1,504
195339#1,564
195233#1,712
195146#1,382
195031#1,678
194938#1,488
194849#1,312
194734#1,632
194629#1,646
194537#1,311
194425#1,660
194329#1,555
194234#1,387
194129#1,446
194022#1,682
193925#1,514
193819#1,805
193717#1,914
193618#1,801
193519#1,779
193411#2,566
193314#2,160
193214#2,234
193112#2,425
193027#1,498
192926#1,525
192832#1,365
192727#1,586
192638#1,262
192533#1,409
192434#1,409
192339#1,245
192231#1,464
192139#1,237
192037#1,255
191944#1,103
191843#1,126
191737#1,183
191638#1,147
191533#1,190
191431#1,080
191326#1,067
191217#1,297
191112#1,372
191016#1,110
190913#1,152
19086#1,862
19077#1,638
19060–
19055#1,930
19047#1,485
19030–
19026#1,593

Nicknames for Alexandria

Names like Alexandria

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

Anastasia, Olivia, Zoe, Athena, Francesca, Chloe, Abigail, Jessica, Amber, Victoria, Jasmine, Mia

Names related to Alexandria

Alexandra, Aleksandra, Alexandrea, Alixandra, Alexsandra, Alyxandra, Alexzandria, Alyxandria, Alexzandra

More Greek names

Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Sophie, Iris, Maisie

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