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Alejandro

Pronounced /ˌalɪˈhandɹəʊ/

Rank in 2024
#185
Born in 2024
1,992
Peak year
2001 · #88
Origin
Spanish

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 1,992 boys were named Alejandro, about 1 in every 861.
  • It peaked in 2001 with 4,557 babies, ranked #88.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1885.
  • 144,768 boys have been named Alejandro since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Alejandro per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. 0.5
    Gen X
  5. 1.2
    Millennials
  6. 2.1
    Gen Z
  7. 1.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 858 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Silent: 1,403 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Boomers: 3,442 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen X: 12,279 babies, 0.45 per 1,000. Millennials: 36,828 babies, 1.21 per 1,000. Gen Z: 65,008 babies, 2.07 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 24,924 babies, 1.15 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Borrowed from Spanish Alejandro, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, literally “defender of man”), an epithet of the goddess Hera. Doublet of Alexander.

  • A male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Alexander.
Origin
Spanish
Say it
/ˌalɪˈhandɹəʊ/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Alejandro, CC BY-SA 4.0.