How popular is the name Alexa?

Alexa ranks 310th among girls' names in US records, with 132,371 births since 1916. Over the past decade it accounts for 23,353.

Is Alexa a unisex name?

No. Alexa is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2006, when 6,161 children were given the name. It has been in use for 109 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#310 of girl names

Pronounced AH0 L EH1 K S AH0 (ARPABET)

Alexa is a girls' name, and first appears in 1916. It has been given to 132,371 children — the 310th most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 53% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2006, when 6,161 children were given it.

2006Girls: 6,161Boys: 8

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Alexa?: Alexa ranks 310th among girls' names in US records, with 132,371 births since 1916. Over the past decade it accounts for 23,353.
Is Alexa a unisex name?: No. Alexa is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Alexa most popular?: 2006, when 6,161 children were given the name. It has been in use for 109 years and is still recorded as of 2024.