Female name
Alexandra
19,657 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 1996. Expression number: 8.
Origin
From Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “to defend”) + ἀνδρ- (andr-, stem of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”)). Feminine form of Alexander (“the man who repels [enemies]”). The community in Prince Edward Island is named after Queen Alexandra (1844–1925).From Wiktionary, entry “Alexandra”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 1996: 1,595 births. 19,657 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s and 2000s. At its peak, it ranked 38th among girls' names in 1996. It is still given: 1,279 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 1993: 10,720 births. 246,320 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s and 2000s. At its peak, it ranked 26th among girls' names in 1995. It really came into use around 1912. It is still given: 7,460 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 2007: 98 births. 2,342 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. At its peak, it ranked 67th among girls' names in 1998. It really came into use around 1989. It is still given: 192 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 93,530 | 1900–2025 | 18th in 1979 |
| Switzerland | 14,363* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Quebec | 12,923 | 1980–2025 | 1st in 1995 |
| Austria | 8,033 | 1984–2025 | 27th in 1996 |
| Argentina | 4,821 | 2012–2023 | — |
| Berlin | 792 | 2012–2023 | 58th in 2012 |
| Belgium | 235 | 2014–2023 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0; RENAPER, Nombres propios en Argentina, CC BY 4.0 (the registry doesn't record sex); Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first); Statbel, first names of newborns, CC BY 4.0 (one total for the whole period, no yearly breakdown).
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
8
power, achievement, your relationship with money
1 + 3 + 5 + 6 + 1 + 5 + 4 + 9 + 1 = 35 → 8
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
8
power, achievement, your relationship with money
1 + 5 + 1 + 1 = 8
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
9
humanity, generosity, completion
3 + 6 + 5 + 4 + 9 = 27 → 9
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 7, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 1 · initiative, independence, beginnings
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.