How popular is “Alexander” in the USA?
Number of people named “Alexander” by birth year
This chart shows how many people named “Alexander” were born each year.
Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.
Popularity of “Alexander” by birth year
This chart shows how the popularity of “Alexander” has changed over time.
Popularity is the number of people named “Alexander” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.
Bias in sex for “Alexander” by birth year
This chart shows how “Alexander” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).
Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.
The raw data
This table shows the data used in the above charts.
| Year | Count | Proportion | Females | Males | Bias toward female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 211 | 0.00104723 | 211 | -100% | |
| 1881 | 209 | 0.001084655 | 209 | -100% | |
| 1882 | 225 | 0.00101565 | 225 | -100% | |
| 1883 | 187 | 0.000861966 | 187 | -100% | |
| 1884 | 236 | 0.000969354 | 236 | -100% | |
| 1885 | 205 | 0.000851138 | 205 | -100% | |
| 1886 | 206 | 0.000806843 | 206 | -100% | |
| 1887 | 180 | 0.00072759 | 180 | -100% | |
| 1888 | 237 | 0.000791388 | 237 | -100% | |
| 1889 | 185 | 0.000640258 | 185 | -100% | |
| 1890 | 202 | 0.000670203 | 202 | -100% | |
| 1891 | 172 | 0.000599987 | 172 | -100% | |
| 1892 | 202 | 0.000604114 | 202 | -100% | |
| 1893 | 218 | 0.000670309 | 218 | -100% | |
| 1894 | 199 | 0.000587558 | 199 | -100% | |
| 1895 | 199 | 0.000566919 | 199 | -100% | |
| 1896 | 232 | 0.00064898 | 232 | -100% | |
| 1897 | 172 | 0.000495739 | 172 | -100% | |
| 1898 | 180 | 0.000471877 | 180 | -100% | |
| 1899 | 178 | 0.000524712 | 178 | -100% | |
| 1900 | 260 | 0.000577447 | 260 | -100% | |
| 1901 | 162 | 0.000468463 | 162 | -100% | |
| 1902 | 216 | 0.000558525 | 216 | -100% | |
| 1903 | 195 | 0.000511542 | 195 | -100% | |
| 1904 | 203 | 0.000503117 | 203 | -100% | |
| 1905 | 210 | 0.000495374 | 210 | -100% | |
| 1906 | 204 | 0.000476134 | 204 | -100% | |
| 1907 | 279 | 0.000599497 | 279 | -100% | |
| 1908 | 246 | 0.000503429 | 246 | -100% | |
| 1909 | 260 | 0.000508583 | 5 | 255 | -96% |
| 1910 | 324 | 0.000548492 | 324 | -100% | |
| 1911 | 426 | 0.000661205 | 426 | -100% | |
| 1912 | 803 | 0.000812702 | 803 | -100% | |
| 1913 | 942 | 0.000828416 | 5 | 937 | -99% |
| 1914 | 1176 | 0.000830307 | 7 | 1169 | -99% |
| 1915 | 1443 | 0.000787481 | 11 | 1432 | -98% |
| 1916 | 1593 | 0.000823504 | 9 | 1584 | -99% |
| 1917 | 1669 | 0.000831693 | 5 | 1664 | -99% |
| 1918 | 1598 | 0.000736029 | 7 | 1591 | -99% |
| 1919 | 1429 | 0.000677173 | 7 | 1422 | -99% |
| 1920 | 1481 | 0.000654544 | 7 | 1474 | -99% |
| 1921 | 1533 | 0.00065667 | 1533 | -100% | |
| 1922 | 1359 | 0.000593669 | 1359 | -100% | |
| 1923 | 1299 | 0.000564174 | 6 | 1293 | -99% |
| 1924 | 1386 | 0.000581959 | 5 | 1381 | -99% |
| 1925 | 1230 | 0.00052715 | 6 | 1224 | -99% |
| 1926 | 1150 | 0.000500892 | 1150 | -100% | |
| 1927 | 1102 | 0.000475131 | 10 | 1092 | -98% |
| 1928 | 1056 | 0.000467063 | 8 | 1048 | -98% |
| 1929 | 995 | 0.00045389 | 10 | 985 | -98% |
| 1930 | 877 | 0.000394461 | 5 | 872 | -99% |
| 1931 | 795 | 0.000377782 | 795 | -100% | |
| 1932 | 781 | 0.000369916 | 7 | 774 | -98% |
| 1933 | 659 | 0.000329591 | 659 | -100% | |
| 1934 | 622 | 0.000299497 | 6 | 616 | -98% |
| 1935 | 702 | 0.000335901 | 702 | -100% | |
| 1936 | 618 | 0.000297462 | 5 | 613 | -98% |
| 1937 | 675 | 0.000316802 | 675 | -100% | |
| 1938 | 673 | 0.000304171 | 7 | 666 | -98% |
| 1939 | 723 | 0.000328123 | 723 | -100% | |
| 1940 | 760 | 0.000330049 | 760 | -100% | |
| 1941 | 818 | 0.000335738 | 818 | -100% | |
| 1942 | 860 | 0.000314809 | 860 | -100% | |
| 1943 | 925 | 0.000327717 | 925 | -100% | |
| 1944 | 864 | 0.00032118 | 864 | -100% | |
| 1945 | 896 | 0.000337742 | 5 | 891 | -99% |
| 1946 | 972 | 0.000304196 | 8 | 964 | -98% |
| 1947 | 1081 | 0.000300084 | 1081 | -100% | |
| 1948 | 1130 | 0.000327297 | 1130 | -100% | |
| 1949 | 1189 | 0.000341198 | 5 | 1184 | -99% |
| 1950 | 1172 | 0.000334536 | 7 | 1165 | -99% |
| 1951 | 1212 | 0.000329014 | 1212 | -100% | |
| 1952 | 1292 | 0.000340179 | 8 | 1284 | -99% |
| 1953 | 1266 | 0.00032852 | 5 | 1261 | -99% |
| 1954 | 1236 | 0.000310498 | 1236 | -100% | |
| 1955 | 1178 | 0.000293394 | 7 | 1171 | -99% |
| 1956 | 1234 | 0.000299294 | 1234 | -100% | |
| 1957 | 1271 | 0.000302465 | 7 | 1264 | -99% |
| 1958 | 1197 | 0.000289557 | 9 | 1188 | -98% |
| 1959 | 1175 | 0.000282588 | 9 | 1166 | -98% |
| 1960 | 1211 | 0.000291539 | 13 | 1198 | -98% |
| 1961 | 1236 | 0.000298385 | 8 | 1228 | -99% |
| 1962 | 1228 | 0.000304309 | 9 | 1219 | -99% |
| 1963 | 1314 | 0.000331969 | 5 | 1309 | -99% |
| 1964 | 1301 | 0.000334653 | 10 | 1291 | -98% |
| 1965 | 1331 | 0.000367127 | 10 | 1321 | -98% |
| 1966 | 1377 | 0.000396184 | 8 | 1369 | -99% |
| 1967 | 1465 | 0.00043153 | 10 | 1455 | -99% |
| 1968 | 1789 | 0.000529539 | 16 | 1773 | -98% |
| 1969 | 2037 | 0.000586133 | 22 | 2015 | -98% |
| 1970 | 2481 | 0.000687922 | 17 | 2464 | -99% |
| 1971 | 2380 | 0.000693401 | 20 | 2360 | -98% |
| 1972 | 2135 | 0.000679289 | 17 | 2118 | -98% |
| 1973 | 2290 | 0.000759061 | 31 | 2259 | -97% |
| 1974 | 2395 | 0.000787829 | 40 | 2355 | -97% |
| 1975 | 2468 | 0.000817383 | 29 | 2439 | -98% |
| 1976 | 2477 | 0.000816333 | 33 | 2444 | -97% |
| 1977 | 2735 | 0.000861012 | 32 | 2703 | -98% |
| 1978 | 2775 | 0.000874327 | 36 | 2739 | -97% |
| 1979 | 3094 | 0.000929967 | 35 | 3059 | -98% |
| 1980 | 3332 | 0.000967338 | 52 | 3280 | -97% |
| 1981 | 4294 | 0.001241265 | 58 | 4236 | -97% |
| 1982 | 4675 | 0.001332683 | 83 | 4592 | -96% |
| 1983 | 4884 | 0.0014102 | 78 | 4806 | -97% |
| 1984 | 6611 | 0.001894945 | 119 | 6492 | -96% |
| 1985 | 8445 | 0.002366136 | 147 | 8298 | -97% |
| 1986 | 10817 | 0.003040979 | 207 | 10610 | -96% |
| 1987 | 12053 | 0.003342843 | 216 | 11837 | -96% |
| 1988 | 13669 | 0.00369928 | 331 | 13338 | -95% |
| 1989 | 14761 | 0.003839564 | 237 | 14524 | -97% |
| 1990 | 16417 | 0.004153597 | 223 | 16194 | -97% |
| 1991 | 17831 | 0.004577609 | 194 | 17637 | -98% |
| 1992 | 20278 | 0.005278979 | 209 | 20069 | -98% |
| 1993 | 20707 | 0.005492167 | 178 | 20529 | -98% |
| 1994 | 20262 | 0.005450213 | 164 | 20098 | -98% |
| 1995 | 19597 | 0.005351221 | 143 | 19454 | -99% |
| 1996 | 18056 | 0.004950654 | 92 | 17964 | -99% |
| 1997 | 17192 | 0.004741641 | 80 | 17112 | -99% |
| 1998 | 17548 | 0.004770803 | 82 | 17466 | -99% |
| 1999 | 17516 | 0.004741914 | 96 | 17420 | -99% |
| 2000 | 17354 | 0.004591122 | 64 | 17290 | -99% |
| 2001 | 16769 | 0.004479629 | 50 | 16719 | -99% |
| 2002 | 17802 | 0.004762069 | 84 | 17718 | -99% |
| 2003 | 17769 | 0.004673201 | 55 | 17714 | -99% |
| 2004 | 18040 | 0.004721372 | 115 | 17925 | -99% |
| 2005 | 18191 | 0.00473127 | 63 | 18128 | -99% |
| 2006 | 18286 | 0.004622125 | 51 | 18235 | -99% |
| 2007 | 18189 | 0.004549886 | 39 | 18150 | -100% |
| 2008 | 18754 | 0.004771203 | 44 | 18710 | -100% |
| 2009 | 18287 | 0.004786953 | 34 | 18253 | -100% |
| 2010 | 16811 | 0.004548752 | 44 | 16767 | -99% |
| 2011 | 15750 | 0.004305876 | 34 | 15716 | -100% |
| 2012 | 15285 | 0.004179236 | 28 | 15257 | -100% |
| 2013 | 14952 | 0.004101307 | 30 | 14922 | -100% |
| 2014 | 15477 | 0.004175777 | 33 | 15444 | -100% |
| 2015 | 14605 | 0.003946325 | 22 | 14583 | -100% |
| 2016 | 13463 | 0.003669694 | 18 | 13445 | -100% |
| 2017 | 12595 | 0.0035219 | 21 | 12574 | -100% |
| 2018 | 12129 | 0.00344976 | 20 | 12109 | -100% |
| 2019 | 11348 | 0.003269438 | 23 | 11325 | -100% |
| 2020 | 10271 | 0.003074619 | 9 | 10262 | -100% |
| 2021 | 9439 | 0.002786051 | 21 | 9418 | -100% |
| 2022 | 8754 | 0.002587541 | 10 | 8744 | -100% |
| 2023 | 7920 | 0.002391885 | 11 | 7909 | -100% |
| 2024 | 7527 | 0.002261378 | 10 | 7517 | -100% |