Alejandra
Masculine · Greek roots · “defender of men (Greek”
Alejandra is given to girls far more often — 54,015 girls against 530 boys since 1880. See Alejandra as a girl name
Alejandra is the Spanish form of Alexandra, four syllables with the weight on the third: ah-leh-HAHN-drah. In Argentina it belongs to literature twice over, to the poet Alejandra Pizarnik and to the young woman at the center of Ernesto Sabato's novel On Heroes and Tombs.
How old is the name Alejandra?
Alejandra first appears in US birth records in 1972 — 53 years ago. The typical Alejandra alive today was born around 1992, making them about 33 years old. About 500 people named Alejandra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Alejandra most popular?
Alejandra peaked in 1992, reaching #2085 nationally. See the whole 1992 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Alexandros (Greek) to Alejandra
The story of Alejandra
The Greek name spread through every European language on the fame of Alexander the Great, and Spanish gave its feminine the shape Alejandra, matching Alejandro. Its best-known modern bearer is Alejandra Pizarnik (1936-1972), the Argentine poet who lived for several years in Paris and wrote short, exact poems; Octavio Paz wrote the preface to her collection Árbol de Diana. Ernesto Sabato gave the name to the heroine of On Heroes and Tombs (1961): Alejandra Vidal Olmos, the fierce and secretive young woman whom the novel's hero, Martín, meets in a Buenos Aires park and never fully understands.
Meaning
defender of men (Greek, through Alexandra)
Alexandra is the feminine of the Greek Alexandros, which joins alexein, 'to defend,' to andros, 'of a man.' Alejandra is the regular Spanish form and pairs with Alejandro.
How the name formed
- AlexandrosGreek
- AlexandraGreek and Latin
- AlejandraSpanish
Related forms: Alexandra · Alessandra · Alexandra · Aleksandra · Alexandrine
Pronouncing Alejandra
ah-leh-HAHN-drah
Stress on the third syllable. The j is the Spanish throat sound, close to the ch of Scottish loch; English speakers usually soften it to an h.
Nicknames for Alejandra
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1972
- Most boys named
- 199237 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2085reached in 1992
- Change vs 2014
- −28.6%5 in 2020, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Alejandra in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Alexandra in English — same name
- Alessandra in Italian — same name
- Alexandra in Portuguese — same name
- Aleksandra in Russian — transliteration
- Alexandrine in French — related form
Alejandras among us
people named Alejandra are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Alejandra sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- A standard Spanish name, spelled the same from Mexico to Argentina and Spain.
- Pairs with the English Alexandra, so it moves between languages without needing a second name.
- Two short forms already in wide use, Ale and Alex.
- A literary pedigree in Argentina, in a major poet and a major novel's heroine.
- English speakers sometimes say the j as in jam; one early correction toward an h usually settles it.
- At four syllables it gets shortened constantly, so expect Ale or Alex to take over in daily use.
- A handful of boys are recorded with this spelling too. In Spanish the final a marks the name as feminine and Alejandro is the boys' form, so a boy given Alejandra will usually be read as a girl on paper.
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- How many Alejandras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Alejandra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Alejandra in 2025?
- Alejandra is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
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- Alejandra will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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