Alexa was a very popular girls' name that peaked at #32 in 2015 but is far less common today.
Alexa is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,029 for girl births in the United States (and #1,961 across all names), given to 243 babies. Alexa first appears in 1916 and peaked in 2006 (6,117 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 243 | 243 | #1,029 | — |
| 2024 | 349 | 349 | #806 | — |
| 2023 | 492 | 492 | #606 | — |
| 2022 | 577 | 577 | #535 | — |
| 2021 | 708 | 715 | #440 | — |
| 2020 | 1,290 | 1,298 | #230 | #12,116 |
| 2019 | 2,008 | 2,028 | #139 | #10,867 |
| 2018 | 3,076 | 3,096 | #90 | #8,853 |
| 2017 | 3,901 | 3,920 | #66 | #12,336 |
| 2016 | 4,780 | 4,816 | #51 | #12,274 |
| 2015 | 6,067 | 6,108 | #32 | #6,005 |
| 2014 | 4,256 | 4,279 | #64 | #9,682 |
| 2013 | 4,113 | 4,140 | #60 | #9,694 |
| 2012 | 4,297 | 4,326 | #57 | — |
| 2011 | 4,518 | 4,537 | #55 | #8,792 |
| 2010 | 5,050 | 5,078 | #50 | #9,729 |
| 2009 | 5,318 | 5,352 | #43 | #9,900 |
| 2008 | 5,239 | 5,276 | #50 | #6,406 |
| 2007 | 5,794 | 5,849 | #40 | #8,198 |
| 2006 | 6,125 | 6,169 | #39 | #8,755 |
| 2005 | 4,674 | 4,709 | #66 | #7,118 |
| 2004 | 4,468 | 4,493 | #72 | #3,372 |
| 2003 | 4,604 | 4,635 | #67 | #9,616 |
| 2002 | 4,407 | 4,436 | #69 | #9,432 |
| 2001 | 3,909 | 3,933 | #78 | #6,026 |
| 2000 | 3,682 | 3,709 | #87 | #7,448 |
| 1999 | 3,652 | 3,686 | #89 | #7,164 |
| 1998 | 3,622 | 3,651 | #93 | — |
| 1997 | 3,096 | — | #106 | #8,154 |
| 1996 | 3,266 | — | #100 | #8,001 |
| 1995 | 3,359 | — | #100 | — |
| 1994 | 3,459 | — | #95 | #3,598 |
| 1993 | 3,048 | — | #107 | #5,010 |
| 1992 | 2,240 | — | #140 | #7,454 |
| 1991 | 2,487 | — | #127 | #4,766 |
| 1990 | 2,139 | — | #146 | #5,840 |
| 1989 | 1,310 | — | #203 | #7,942 |
| 1988 | 925 | — | #273 | #5,766 |
| 1987 | 830 | — | #294 | #4,585 |
| 1986 | 503 | — | #432 | #6,749 |
| 1985 | 200 | — | #816 | — |
| 1984 | 214 | — | #775 | #5,583 |
| 1983 | 219 | — | #745 | — |
| 1982 | 215 | — | #767 | — |
| 1981 | 222 | — | #743 | — |
| 1980 | 179 | — | #859 | — |
| 1979 | 176 | — | #875 | — |
| 1978 | 175 | — | #846 | — |
| 1977 | 189 | — | #792 | — |
| 1976 | 202 | — | #723 | — |
| 1975 | 211 | — | #702 | — |
| 1974 | 213 | — | #690 | — |
| 1973 | 152 | — | #847 | — |
| 1972 | 92 | — | #1,169 | — |
| 1971 | 68 | — | #1,489 | — |
| 1970 | 86 | — | #1,270 | — |
| 1969 | 75 | — | #1,304 | — |
| 1968 | 79 | — | #1,231 | — |
| 1967 | 46 | — | #1,682 | — |
| 1966 | 32 | — | #2,058 | — |
| 1965 | 28 | — | #2,249 | — |
| 1964 | 30 | — | #2,197 | — |
| 1963 | 34 | — | #2,017 | — |
| 1962 | 47 | — | #1,651 | — |
| 1961 | 36 | — | #1,921 | — |
| 1960 | 34 | — | #1,953 | — |
| 1959 | 26 | — | #2,235 | — |
| 1958 | 39 | — | #1,733 | — |
| 1957 | 53 | — | #1,458 | — |
| 1956 | 33 | — | #1,871 | — |
| 1955 | 41 | — | #1,597 | — |
| 1954 | 33 | — | #1,801 | — |
| 1953 | 39 | — | #1,565 | — |
| 1952 | 52 | — | #1,333 | — |
| 1951 | 55 | — | #1,254 | — |
| 1950 | 38 | — | #1,495 | — |
| 1949 | 45 | — | #1,376 | — |
| 1948 | 48 | — | #1,328 | — |
| 1947 | 46 | — | #1,358 | — |
| 1946 | 24 | — | #1,860 | — |
| 1945 | 20 | — | #1,875 | — |
| 1944 | 16 | — | #2,200 | — |
| 1943 | 6 | — | #4,203 | — |
| 1942 | 8 | — | #3,448 | — |
| 1941 | 6 | — | #3,961 | — |
| 1937 | 7 | — | #3,439 | — |
| 1935 | 5 | — | #4,215 | — |
| 1931 | 5 | — | #4,342 | — |
| 1928 | 7 | — | #3,751 | — |
| 1927 | 6 | — | #4,302 | — |
| 1926 | 6 | — | #4,314 | — |
| 1925 | 10 | — | #3,119 | — |
| 1924 | 5 | — | #5,085 | — |
| 1923 | 5 | — | #4,979 | — |
| 1921 | 6 | — | #4,474 | — |
| 1917 | 5 | — | #4,606 | — |
| 1916 | 5 | — | #4,430 | — |