Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Alexander

#47 most common boys' name of all time · #79 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#47
Rank overall
#79 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
740,668
Since 2016
100,763
Peak year
1993 #21
Best rank
#4 2009
Girls Boys peak 20,708/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Alexander is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 14 7,230 7,244 #30
2024 10 7,547 7,557 #27
2023 11 7,918 7,929 #22
2022 11 8,757 8,768 #17
2021 21 9,425 9,446 #13
2020 9 10,268 10,277 #10
2019 23 11,327 11,350 #10
2018 20 12,110 12,130 #11
2017 21 12,577 12,598 #13
2016 18 13,446 13,464 #11
2015 22 14,584 14,606 #8
2014 33 15,449 15,482 #8
2013 30 14,923 14,953 #8
2012 28 15,259 15,287 #9
2011 34 15,717 15,751 #8
2010 44 16,769 16,813 #6
2009 34 18,254 18,288 #4
2008 44 18,711 18,755 #6
2007 39 18,150 18,189 #11
2006 52 18,235 18,287 #12
2005 63 18,130 18,193 #13
2004 115 17,925 18,040 #15
2003 55 17,714 17,769 #16
2002 84 17,718 17,802 #15
2001 50 16,720 16,770 #20
2000 64 17,290 17,354 #20
1999 96 17,420 17,516 #21
1998 82 17,466 17,548 #22
1997 80 17,112 17,192 #22
1996 92 17,964 18,056 #22
1995 143 19,456 19,599 #21
1994 164 20,101 20,265 #22
1993 178 20,530 20,708 #21
1992 209 20,069 20,278 #23
1991 194 17,640 17,834 #26
1990 223 16,194 16,417 #28
1989 237 14,523 14,760 #32
1988 331 13,341 13,672 #34
1987 216 11,835 12,051 #37
1986 207 10,609 10,816 #41
1985 147 8,295 8,442 #50
1984 119 6,492 6,611 #54
1983 78 4,806 4,884 #63
1982 83 4,593 4,676 #65
1981 58 4,237 4,295 #70
1980 52 3,279 3,331 #91
1979 35 3,058 3,093 #94
1978 36 2,738 2,774 #98
1977 31 2,704 2,735 #96
1976 33 2,443 2,476 #107
1975 29 2,439 2,468 #105
1974 40 2,354 2,394 #112
1973 31 2,259 2,290 #116
1972 16 2,116 2,132 #129
1971 20 2,358 2,378 #134
1970 17 2,463 2,480 #137
1969 22 2,012 2,034 #150
1968 16 1,773 1,789 #154
1967 10 1,454 1,464 #178
1966 8 1,368 1,376 #182
1965 10 1,321 1,331 #191
1964 10 1,288 1,298 #212
1963 5 1,308 1,313 #214
1962 9 1,218 1,227 #221
1961 8 1,227 1,235 #223
1960 13 1,199 1,212 #232
1959 9 1,166 1,175 #233
1958 9 1,188 1,197 #220
1957 7 1,264 1,271 #212
1956 — 1,235 1,235 #211
1955 7 1,170 1,177 #208
1954 — 1,236 1,236 #200
1953 5 1,262 1,267 #195
1952 8 1,283 1,291 #186
1951 — 1,212 1,212 #190
1950 7 1,164 1,171 #189
1949 5 1,185 1,190 #180
1948 — 1,129 1,129 #183
1947 — 1,081 1,081 #190
1946 8 964 972 #188
1945 5 891 896 #178
1944 — 864 864 #183
1943 — 924 924 #178
1942 — 861 861 #184
1941 — 818 818 #184
1940 — 760 760 #188
1939 — 723 723 #186
1938 7 666 673 #193
1937 — 675 675 #191
1936 5 613 618 #200
1935 — 702 702 #186
1934 6 616 622 #200
1933 — 659 659 #187
1932 7 774 781 #178
1931 — 795 795 #172
1930 5 872 877 #168
1929 10 985 995 #156
1928 8 1,048 1,056 #152
1927 10 1,092 1,102 #146
1926 — 1,150 1,150 #146
1925 6 1,224 1,230 #137
1924 5 1,381 1,386 #129
1923 6 1,293 1,299 #129
1922 — 1,359 1,359 #125
1921 — 1,533 1,533 #116
1920 7 1,474 1,481 #117
1919 7 1,422 1,429 #113
1918 7 1,591 1,598 #104
1917 5 1,664 1,669 #97
1916 9 1,584 1,593 #99
1915 11 1,432 1,443 #103
1914 7 1,169 1,176 #98
1913 5 937 942 #98
1912 — 803 803 #97
1911 — 426 426 #94
1910 — 324 324 #101
1909 5 255 260 #107
1908 — 246 246 #104
1907 — 279 279 #92
1906 — 204 204 #105
1905 — 210 210 #103
1904 — 203 203 #103
1903 — 195 195 #100
1902 — 216 216 #93
1901 — 162 162 #104
1900 — 260 260 #93
1899 — 178 178 #97
1898 — 180 180 #106
1897 — 172 172 #103
1896 — 232 232 #87
1895 — 199 199 #97
1894 — 199 199 #95
1893 — 218 218 #83
1892 — 202 202 #95
1891 — 172 172 #95
1890 — 202 202 #85
1889 — 185 185 #93
1888 — 237 237 #82
1887 — 180 180 #87
1886 — 206 206 #83
1885 — 205 205 #78
1884 — 236 236 #76
1883 — 187 187 #80
1882 — 225 225 #79
1881 — 209 209 #71
1880 — 211 211 #73