Alexsandra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- al-ig-ZAHN-dra
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Alexsandra is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender of men”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Alexsandra mean?
Greek: spelling of Alexandra; feminine of Alexander
“defender of men”
Queen Alexandra (1844-1925), the Danish-born wife of Edward VII, brought the name to prominence in Britain.
Meaning borrowed from Alexandra. More on Wiktionary.
Is Alexsandra a girl's or a boy's name?
Alexsandra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alexsandra in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 6 girls.
Alexsandra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Alexsandra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Alexsandra, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2006, with 156 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the girls named Alexsandra in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,320 girls in the US were given Alexsandra or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #265, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
- Alexandra 1,314
- Alexsandra 6
Alexsandra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 33 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 35 | #4,176 |
| 2013 | 31 | #4,541 |
| 2012 | 44 | #3,582 |
| 2011 | 46 | #3,451 |
| 2010 | 57 | #2,975 |
| 2009 | 76 | #2,484 |
| 2008 | 90 | #2,206 |
| 2007 | 108 | #1,908 |
| 2006 | 156 | #1,440 |
| 2005 | 110 | #1,777 |
| 2004 | 117 | #1,653 |
| 2003 | 98 | #1,873 |
| 2002 | 108 | #1,693 |
| 2001 | 74 | #2,189 |
| 2000 | 81 | #2,030 |
| 1999 | 96 | #1,705 |
| 1998 | 65 | #2,185 |
| 1997 | 83 | #1,799 |
| 1996 | 63 | #2,148 |
| 1995 | 67 | #2,023 |
| 1994 | 67 | #2,054 |
| 1993 | 72 | #1,938 |
| 1992 | 77 | #1,840 |
| 1991 | 55 | #2,314 |
| 1990 | 52 | #2,369 |
| 1989 | 44 | #2,567 |
| 1988 | 40 | #2,641 |
| 1987 | 39 | #2,570 |
| 1986 | 19 | #4,184 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,620 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,317 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,475 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
Nicknames for Alexsandra
Names like Alexsandra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ariana, Isabella, Sophia, Athena, Ava, Eliana, Gabriella, Ariella, Olivia, Arabella, Amelia, Fatima
Other spellings of Alexsandra
Names related to Alexsandra
Aleksandra, Alexandria, Alexandrea, Alixandra, Alyxandra, Alexzandria, Alyxandria, Alexzandra
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
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, “Alexsandra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alexsandra, updated 20 October 2026.