Alexandria

What Alexandria means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Alexandria yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #212 in 2015, #474 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Alexandria?

US: Falling: down from #212 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #1324 in 2015, #1407 now.

Biggest US share so far: 1993, when 5,027 girls got the name (#69 that year). First in the US records in 1902.

How common

• About 1 in 2,484 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 11,513 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NV (1.09 per 1,000 girls), WV (0.99 per 1,000 girls), OK (0.95 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Alexandria is #474 in the US and #1407 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Alexandria were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the US pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Alexandrea14 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Alexandria

Girls

• Nicole#382Form of Nicholas, meaning “victory + people”^*
• Catherine#313possibly “each of the two”^*
• Katherine#186Variant of Catherine, possibly meaning “each of the two”^*
• Kathryn#729Variant of Catherine, possibly meaning “each of the two”^*
• Christina#770Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1985, with 16,600 babies; 352 in 2025
• Karina#749Form of Catherine, possibly meaning “each of the two”^*

For a brother

• Zachary#216“Yahweh has remembered”^*
• Nicholas#112“victory + people”^*
• Steven#271“crown, wreath”^*
• Timothy#203“to honour + god”^*
• Christopher#68“carrier of Christ”^*
• Andrew#73“manly”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Greek, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Alexandria’s. Rank is US 2025.