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 | 0.001084644 | 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 | 0.00079139 | 237 | -100% | |
| 1889 | 185 | 0.000640258 | 185 | -100% | |
| 1890 | 202 | 0.000670203 | 202 | -100% | |
| 1891 | 172 | 0.000599991 | 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 | 0.000471876 | 180 | -100% | |
| 1899 | 178 | 0.000524713 | 178 | -100% | |
| 1900 | 260 | 0.000577443 | 260 | -100% | |
| 1901 | 162 | 0.000468463 | 162 | -100% | |
| 1902 | 216 | 0.000558526 | 216 | -100% | |
| 1903 | 195 | 0.00051154 | 195 | -100% | |
| 1904 | 203 | 0.000503117 | 203 | -100% | |
| 1905 | 210 | 0.000495371 | 210 | -100% | |
| 1906 | 204 | 0.000476134 | 204 | -100% | |
| 1907 | 279 | 0.000599495 | 279 | -100% | |
| 1908 | 246 | 0.000503426 | 246 | -100% | |
| 1909 | 260 | 0.000508583 | 5 | 255 | -96% |
| 1910 | 324 | 0.000548491 | 324 | -100% | |
| 1911 | 426 | 0.000661204 | 426 | -100% | |
| 1912 | 803 | 0.000812704 | 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 | 0.000823503 | 9 | 1584 | -99% |
| 1917 | 1669 | 0.000831691 | 5 | 1664 | -99% |
| 1918 | 1598 | 0.000736029 | 7 | 1591 | -99% |
| 1919 | 1429 | 0.000677171 | 7 | 1422 | -99% |
| 1920 | 1481 | 0.000654542 | 7 | 1474 | -99% |
| 1921 | 1533 | 0.000656671 | 1533 | -100% | |
| 1922 | 1359 | 0.00059367 | 1359 | -100% | |
| 1923 | 1299 | 0.000564171 | 6 | 1293 | -99% |
| 1924 | 1386 | 0.000581957 | 5 | 1381 | -99% |
| 1925 | 1230 | 0.000527146 | 6 | 1224 | -99% |
| 1926 | 1150 | 0.000500894 | 1150 | -100% | |
| 1927 | 1103 | 0.000475563 | 10 | 1093 | -98% |
| 1928 | 1055 | 0.000466628 | 8 | 1047 | -98% |
| 1929 | 995 | 0.000453888 | 10 | 985 | -98% |
| 1930 | 877 | 0.000394462 | 5 | 872 | -99% |
| 1931 | 795 | 0.000377789 | 795 | -100% | |
| 1932 | 782 | 0.000370394 | 8 | 774 | -98% |
| 1933 | 659 | 0.000329598 | 659 | -100% | |
| 1934 | 622 | 0.000299504 | 6 | 616 | -98% |
| 1935 | 702 | 0.000335914 | 702 | -100% | |
| 1936 | 618 | 0.000297469 | 5 | 613 | -98% |
| 1937 | 675 | 0.000316809 | 675 | -100% | |
| 1938 | 673 | 0.000304172 | 7 | 666 | -98% |
| 1939 | 722 | 0.000327675 | 722 | -100% | |
| 1940 | 760 | 0.000330062 | 760 | -100% | |
| 1941 | 818 | 0.00033575 | 818 | -100% | |
| 1942 | 860 | 0.000314819 | 860 | -100% | |
| 1943 | 925 | 0.000327723 | 925 | -100% | |
| 1944 | 865 | 0.000321561 | 865 | -100% | |
| 1945 | 896 | 0.00033775 | 5 | 891 | -99% |
| 1946 | 973 | 0.000304515 | 8 | 965 | -98% |
| 1947 | 1080 | 0.000299815 | 1080 | -100% | |
| 1948 | 1130 | 0.000327301 | 1130 | -100% | |
| 1949 | 1189 | 0.000341205 | 5 | 1184 | -99% |
| 1950 | 1172 | 0.000334532 | 7 | 1165 | -99% |
| 1951 | 1213 | 0.000329283 | 1213 | -100% | |
| 1952 | 1291 | 0.000339913 | 8 | 1283 | -99% |
| 1953 | 1266 | 0.000328523 | 5 | 1261 | -99% |
| 1954 | 1234 | 0.000309995 | 1234 | -100% | |
| 1955 | 1179 | 0.000293644 | 7 | 1172 | -99% |
| 1956 | 1236 | 0.000299776 | 1236 | -100% | |
| 1957 | 1270 | 0.000302202 | 7 | 1263 | -99% |
| 1958 | 1195 | 0.000289153 | 9 | 1186 | -98% |
| 1959 | 1172 | 0.000281953 | 9 | 1163 | -98% |
| 1960 | 1212 | 0.000291747 | 13 | 1199 | -98% |
| 1961 | 1237 | 0.000298725 | 8 | 1229 | -99% |
| 1962 | 1227 | 0.000304086 | 9 | 1218 | -99% |
| 1963 | 1312 | 0.000331431 | 5 | 1307 | -99% |
| 1964 | 1301 | 0.000334647 | 10 | 1291 | -98% |
| 1965 | 1331 | 0.000367109 | 10 | 1321 | -98% |
| 1966 | 1379 | 0.000396762 | 8 | 1371 | -99% |
| 1967 | 1466 | 0.00043181 | 10 | 1456 | -99% |
| 1968 | 1790 | 0.000529812 | 16 | 1774 | -98% |
| 1969 | 2037 | 0.000586078 | 22 | 2015 | -98% |
| 1970 | 2483 | 0.000688416 | 17 | 2466 | -99% |
| 1971 | 2386 | 0.000695124 | 20 | 2366 | -98% |
| 1972 | 2134 | 0.0006789 | 17 | 2117 | -98% |
| 1973 | 2292 | 0.000759665 | 31 | 2261 | -97% |
| 1974 | 2399 | 0.000789091 | 40 | 2359 | -97% |
| 1975 | 2471 | 0.000818285 | 29 | 2442 | -98% |
| 1976 | 2478 | 0.000816573 | 33 | 2445 | -97% |
| 1977 | 2737 | 0.000861585 | 32 | 2705 | -98% |
| 1978 | 2778 | 0.000875184 | 36 | 2742 | -97% |
| 1979 | 3094 | 0.000929879 | 35 | 3059 | -98% |
| 1980 | 3335 | 0.000968115 | 52 | 3283 | -97% |
| 1981 | 4299 | 0.001242634 | 58 | 4241 | -97% |
| 1982 | 4676 | 0.001332885 | 83 | 4593 | -96% |
| 1983 | 4885 | 0.001410447 | 78 | 4807 | -97% |
| 1984 | 6613 | 0.001895529 | 119 | 6494 | -96% |
| 1985 | 8443 | 0.002365639 | 147 | 8296 | -97% |
| 1986 | 10821 | 0.003042212 | 207 | 10614 | -96% |
| 1987 | 12052 | 0.003342727 | 216 | 11836 | -96% |
| 1988 | 13669 | 0.003699565 | 331 | 13338 | -95% |
| 1989 | 14763 | 0.003840228 | 237 | 14526 | -97% |
| 1990 | 16415 | 0.004153482 | 223 | 16192 | -97% |
| 1991 | 17832 | 0.004578191 | 194 | 17638 | -98% |
| 1992 | 20278 | 0.005279404 | 209 | 20069 | -98% |
| 1993 | 20704 | 0.005491802 | 178 | 20526 | -98% |
| 1994 | 20264 | 0.005451186 | 164 | 20100 | -98% |
| 1995 | 19592 | 0.005350247 | 143 | 19449 | -99% |
| 1996 | 18055 | 0.004950756 | 92 | 17963 | -99% |
| 1997 | 17191 | 0.004741654 | 80 | 17111 | -99% |
| 1998 | 17547 | 0.004770824 | 82 | 17465 | -99% |
| 1999 | 17514 | 0.004741693 | 96 | 17418 | -99% |
| 2000 | 17354 | 0.004591469 | 64 | 17290 | -99% |
| 2001 | 16766 | 0.004479182 | 50 | 16716 | -99% |
| 2002 | 17800 | 0.004762167 | 84 | 17716 | -99% |
| 2003 | 17768 | 0.004673625 | 55 | 17713 | -99% |
| 2004 | 18040 | 0.004722069 | 115 | 17925 | -99% |
| 2005 | 18191 | 0.004732104 | 63 | 18128 | -99% |
| 2006 | 18283 | 0.004622385 | 51 | 18232 | -99% |
| 2007 | 18182 | 0.004549312 | 39 | 18143 | -100% |
| 2008 | 18751 | 0.004771941 | 44 | 18707 | -100% |
| 2009 | 18281 | 0.004787077 | 34 | 18247 | -100% |
| 2010 | 16804 | 0.004548471 | 43 | 16761 | -99% |
| 2011 | 15744 | 0.004305982 | 34 | 15710 | -100% |
| 2012 | 15276 | 0.004178665 | 28 | 15248 | -100% |
| 2013 | 14948 | 0.004102477 | 30 | 14918 | -100% |
| 2014 | 15470 | 0.004176356 | 33 | 15437 | -100% |
| 2015 | 14591 | 0.003945232 | 22 | 14569 | -100% |
| 2016 | 13456 | 0.003670626 | 18 | 13438 | -100% |
| 2017 | 12584 | 0.003522209 | 21 | 12563 | -100% |
| 2018 | 12111 | 0.003448708 | 20 | 12091 | -100% |
| 2019 | 11331 | 0.003269355 | 23 | 11308 | -100% |
| 2020 | 10255 | 0.003075902 | 9 | 10246 | -100% |
| 2021 | 9419 | 0.002786923 | 21 | 9398 | -100% |
| 2022 | 8683 | 0.002582769 | 10 | 8673 | -100% |