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Alexandria
Pronounced /æləkˈzændɹi.ə/
Rank in 2024
#464
Born in 2024
675
Peak year
1993 · #69
Origin
Ancient Greek
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 675 girls were named Alexandria, about 1 in every 2,390.
- It peaked in 1993 with 5,027 babies, ranked #69.
- It first shows up in the records in 1902.
- 103,886 girls have been named Alexandria since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Alexandria per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 1.5Millennials1981–96
- 1.5Gen Z1997–12
- 0.7Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 618 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Silent: 410 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 834 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,220 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Millennials: 43,469 babies, 1.54 per 1,000. Gen Z: 42,534 babies, 1.46 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 13,801 babies, 0.68 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Middle English Alexandria, from Old English Alexandria, from Latin Alexandrīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia), from Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, “Alexander”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”), initially chiefly places founded by Alexander the Great of Macedonia and subsequently usually with reference to Alexandria in Egypt, a major Hellenistic cultural center, center of early Christianity, and continuing major international port. Compare Antioch, Seleucia, and Ptolemais. Doublet of Kandahar, Iskenderun, Scandaroon, and Alexandretta.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /æləkˈzændɹi.ə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Alexandria, CC BY-SA 4.0.