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 | 0.00086197 | 187 | -100% | |
| 1884 | 236 | 0.000969354 | 236 | -100% | |
| 1885 | 205 | 0.000851138 | 205 | -100% | |
| 1886 | 206 | 0.00080684 | 206 | -100% | |
| 1887 | 180 | 0.000727587 | 180 | -100% | |
| 1888 | 237 | 0.000791388 | 237 | -100% | |
| 1889 | 185 | 0.000640258 | 185 | -100% | |
| 1890 | 202 | 0.000670203 | 202 | -100% | |
| 1891 | 172 | 0.000599989 | 172 | -100% | |
| 1892 | 202 | 0.000604114 | 202 | -100% | |
| 1893 | 218 | 0.000670309 | 218 | -100% | |
| 1894 | 199 | 0.000587558 | 199 | -100% | |
| 1895 | 199 | 0.000566918 | 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 | 0.000577445 | 260 | -100% | |
| 1901 | 162 | 0.000468463 | 162 | -100% | |
| 1902 | 216 | 0.000558525 | 216 | -100% | |
| 1903 | 195 | 0.00051154 | 195 | -100% | |
| 1904 | 203 | 0.000503117 | 203 | -100% | |
| 1905 | 210 | 0.000495372 | 210 | -100% | |
| 1906 | 204 | 0.000476134 | 204 | -100% | |
| 1907 | 279 | 0.000599496 | 279 | -100% | |
| 1908 | 246 | 0.000503428 | 246 | -100% | |
| 1909 | 260 | 0.000508583 | 5 | 255 | -96% |
| 1910 | 324 | 0.000548492 | 324 | -100% | |
| 1911 | 426 | 0.000661205 | 426 | -100% | |
| 1912 | 803 | 0.000812703 | 803 | -100% | |
| 1913 | 942 | 0.000828415 | 5 | 937 | -99% |
| 1914 | 1176 | 0.000830306 | 7 | 1169 | -99% |
| 1915 | 1443 | 0.000787479 | 11 | 1432 | -98% |
| 1916 | 1593 | 0.000823505 | 9 | 1584 | -99% |
| 1917 | 1669 | 0.000831693 | 5 | 1664 | -99% |
| 1918 | 1598 | 0.000736028 | 7 | 1591 | -99% |
| 1919 | 1429 | 0.000677172 | 7 | 1422 | -99% |
| 1920 | 1481 | 0.000654544 | 7 | 1474 | -99% |
| 1921 | 1533 | 0.000656671 | 1533 | -100% | |
| 1922 | 1359 | 0.000593669 | 1359 | -100% | |
| 1923 | 1299 | 0.000564173 | 6 | 1293 | -99% |
| 1924 | 1386 | 0.000581959 | 5 | 1381 | -99% |
| 1925 | 1230 | 0.000527149 | 6 | 1224 | -99% |
| 1926 | 1150 | 0.000500894 | 1150 | -100% | |
| 1927 | 1103 | 0.000475562 | 10 | 1093 | -98% |
| 1928 | 1055 | 0.000466624 | 8 | 1047 | -98% |
| 1929 | 995 | 0.000453892 | 10 | 985 | -98% |
| 1930 | 877 | 0.000394461 | 5 | 872 | -99% |
| 1931 | 795 | 0.000377786 | 795 | -100% | |
| 1932 | 781 | 0.000369918 | 7 | 774 | -98% |
| 1933 | 659 | 0.000329594 | 659 | -100% | |
| 1934 | 622 | 0.000299499 | 6 | 616 | -98% |
| 1935 | 702 | 0.000335906 | 702 | -100% | |
| 1936 | 618 | 0.000297464 | 5 | 613 | -98% |
| 1937 | 675 | 0.000316807 | 675 | -100% | |
| 1938 | 673 | 0.000304171 | 7 | 666 | -98% |
| 1939 | 722 | 0.000327672 | 722 | -100% | |
| 1940 | 760 | 0.000330056 | 760 | -100% | |
| 1941 | 818 | 0.000335744 | 818 | -100% | |
| 1942 | 860 | 0.000314816 | 860 | -100% | |
| 1943 | 925 | 0.000327717 | 925 | -100% | |
| 1944 | 865 | 0.000321555 | 865 | -100% | |
| 1945 | 896 | 0.000337748 | 5 | 891 | -99% |
| 1946 | 973 | 0.000304512 | 8 | 965 | -98% |
| 1947 | 1080 | 0.000299812 | 1080 | -100% | |
| 1948 | 1130 | 0.000327298 | 1130 | -100% | |
| 1949 | 1189 | 0.000341202 | 5 | 1184 | -99% |
| 1950 | 1172 | 0.000334535 | 7 | 1165 | -99% |
| 1951 | 1212 | 0.000329015 | 1212 | -100% | |
| 1952 | 1292 | 0.000340178 | 8 | 1284 | -99% |
| 1953 | 1266 | 0.000328523 | 5 | 1261 | -99% |
| 1954 | 1235 | 0.000310248 | 1235 | -100% | |
| 1955 | 1179 | 0.000293646 | 7 | 1172 | -99% |
| 1956 | 1234 | 0.000299294 | 1234 | -100% | |
| 1957 | 1271 | 0.000302471 | 7 | 1264 | -99% |
| 1958 | 1196 | 0.000289291 | 9 | 1187 | -98% |
| 1959 | 1172 | 0.000281953 | 9 | 1163 | -98% |
| 1960 | 1212 | 0.000291773 | 13 | 1199 | -98% |
| 1961 | 1235 | 0.000298169 | 8 | 1227 | -99% |
| 1962 | 1228 | 0.000304351 | 9 | 1219 | -99% |
| 1963 | 1314 | 0.000331958 | 5 | 1309 | -99% |
| 1964 | 1301 | 0.000334657 | 10 | 1291 | -98% |
| 1965 | 1331 | 0.000367124 | 10 | 1321 | -98% |
| 1966 | 1378 | 0.000396482 | 8 | 1370 | -99% |
| 1967 | 1466 | 0.000431826 | 10 | 1456 | -99% |
| 1968 | 1789 | 0.000529546 | 16 | 1773 | -98% |
| 1969 | 2037 | 0.000586128 | 22 | 2015 | -98% |
| 1970 | 2480 | 0.000687647 | 17 | 2463 | -99% |
| 1971 | 2381 | 0.000693707 | 20 | 2361 | -98% |
| 1972 | 2135 | 0.000679283 | 17 | 2118 | -98% |
| 1973 | 2290 | 0.000759069 | 31 | 2259 | -97% |
| 1974 | 2396 | 0.000788158 | 40 | 2356 | -97% |
| 1975 | 2470 | 0.000818051 | 29 | 2441 | -98% |
| 1976 | 2477 | 0.00081633 | 33 | 2444 | -97% |
| 1977 | 2736 | 0.000861349 | 32 | 2704 | -98% |
| 1978 | 2776 | 0.000874656 | 36 | 2740 | -97% |
| 1979 | 3094 | 0.000929978 | 35 | 3059 | -98% |
| 1980 | 3332 | 0.000967342 | 52 | 3280 | -97% |
| 1981 | 4296 | 0.001241858 | 58 | 4238 | -97% |
| 1982 | 4674 | 0.001332405 | 83 | 4591 | -96% |
| 1983 | 4883 | 0.001409937 | 78 | 4805 | -97% |
| 1984 | 6611 | 0.001894999 | 119 | 6492 | -96% |
| 1985 | 8443 | 0.002365665 | 147 | 8296 | -97% |
| 1986 | 10815 | 0.00304053 | 207 | 10608 | -96% |
| 1987 | 12053 | 0.003342957 | 216 | 11837 | -96% |
| 1988 | 13670 | 0.003699733 | 331 | 13339 | -95% |
| 1989 | 14762 | 0.003839939 | 237 | 14525 | -97% |
| 1990 | 16415 | 0.004153334 | 223 | 16192 | -97% |
| 1991 | 17832 | 0.004578074 | 194 | 17638 | -98% |
| 1992 | 20277 | 0.005278984 | 209 | 20068 | -98% |
| 1993 | 20707 | 0.005492376 | 178 | 20529 | -98% |
| 1994 | 20263 | 0.005450734 | 164 | 20099 | -98% |
| 1995 | 19594 | 0.005350599 | 143 | 19451 | -99% |
| 1996 | 18056 | 0.004950859 | 92 | 17964 | -99% |
| 1997 | 17192 | 0.004741794 | 80 | 17112 | -99% |
| 1998 | 17548 | 0.004770957 | 82 | 17466 | -99% |
| 1999 | 17515 | 0.004741796 | 96 | 17419 | -99% |
| 2000 | 17354 | 0.004591259 | 64 | 17290 | -99% |
| 2001 | 16767 | 0.004479243 | 50 | 16717 | -99% |
| 2002 | 17802 | 0.00476227 | 84 | 17718 | -99% |
| 2003 | 17768 | 0.00467331 | 55 | 17713 | -99% |
| 2004 | 18040 | 0.00472173 | 115 | 17925 | -99% |
| 2005 | 18191 | 0.004731637 | 63 | 18128 | -99% |
| 2006 | 18285 | 0.004622333 | 51 | 18234 | -99% |
| 2007 | 18187 | 0.00454987 | 39 | 18148 | -100% |
| 2008 | 18752 | 0.004771382 | 44 | 18708 | -100% |
| 2009 | 18282 | 0.004786498 | 34 | 18248 | -100% |
| 2010 | 16811 | 0.004549482 | 44 | 16767 | -99% |
| 2011 | 15748 | 0.004306082 | 34 | 15714 | -100% |
| 2012 | 15278 | 0.004178145 | 28 | 15250 | -100% |
| 2013 | 14951 | 0.004102006 | 30 | 14921 | -100% |
| 2014 | 15474 | 0.004176049 | 33 | 15441 | -100% |
| 2015 | 14603 | 0.003946918 | 22 | 14581 | -100% |
| 2016 | 13459 | 0.00366978 | 18 | 13441 | -100% |
| 2017 | 12591 | 0.003522237 | 21 | 12570 | -100% |
| 2018 | 12121 | 0.003449198 | 20 | 12101 | -100% |
| 2019 | 11339 | 0.003268862 | 23 | 11316 | -100% |
| 2020 | 10266 | 0.003075637 | 9 | 10257 | -100% |
| 2021 | 9429 | 0.002785782 | 21 | 9408 | -100% |
| 2022 | 8740 | 0.002586862 | 10 | 8730 | -100% |
| 2023 | 7885 | 0.00239139 | 10 | 7875 | -100% |