Girls' name · peaked in 2015
Alexa name popularity since 1925
131,809 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Alexa. Half of them were born in 2006 or earlier, so the typical Alexa is about 20 years old in 2026. Alexa peaked in 2015 as the #32 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 131,809
- Named Alexa, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,029 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 131,525 girls · 284 boys
- Most popular in
- Nevada
- 3.37× its national share
Peak year is the year Alexa made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Alexa births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 2006. Measured as a share of all babies, Alexa peaked in 2015.
- Fastest rise: Between 1985 and 1990, Alexa became 9.7× more common, from 1 in 8,600 baby girls to 1 in 891.
- Steepest fall: Between 2017 and 2022, its share of baby girls fell by 84%, from 1 in 443 to 1 in 2,840.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Alexa's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Alexa.
Decade by decade
Babies named Alexa in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 29 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 17 | 0 | #4,215 |
| 1940s | 219 | 0 | #1,875 |
| 1950s | 409 | 0 | #1,597 |
| 1960s | 441 | 0 | #2,249 |
| 1970s | 1,564 | 0 | #702 |
| 1980s | 4,785 | 32 | #816 |
| 1990s | 30,294 | 74 | #100 |
| 2000s | 48,114 | 106 | #66 |
| 2010s | 41,999 | 67 | #32 |
| 2020–25 | 3,654 | 5 | #1,029 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
55.0% of babies named Alexa from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Alexa is most popular
The index compares Alexa's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Alexa.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Nevada | 3.37× | 1,569 |
| Arizona | 2.13× | 3,613 |
| New Jersey | 1.68× | 6,045 |
| California | 1.65× | 22,838 |
| Texas | 1.55× | 15,895 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Alexa's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Alexa.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Alexa (2015).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data