ALEXANDER is ranked as the 378th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 172,554.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 54.12 people named ALEXANDER for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is commonly used as either a first or last name. More specifically, it is used as a first name 43% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named ALEXANDER is 560,406.
The SSA data also shows that ALEXANDER is used as a boy's name 99% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
ALEXANDER is
67.4% White,
16.3% Hispanic origin,
9.6% Black,
4.5% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.6% Two or More Races,
and 0.5% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name ALEXANDER have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Black.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name ALEXANDER is included in the following name categories:
Common Danish masculine given name - DST Data
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Masculine given name
Ancient Greek surname
Common Swedish masculine given name - SCB Data
German Common surname
Greek masculine given name
English surname
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name ALEXANDER
The state with the most people named
ALEXANDER is
California where
23,874 people have this name.
Alaska is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named ALEXANDER, as
116.74 in every 100,000
Alaskans
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
California.
Alaska is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
South Dakota
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name ALEXANDER
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
9,150
71.04
99.5%
Indiana
1,978
29.99
98.3%
Iowa
543
17.46
97.3%
Kansas
682
23.49
96.0%
Michigan
4,616
46.58
99.5%
Minnesota
1,710
31.33
98.8%
Missouri
1,104
36.86
97.6%
Nebraska
368
19.55
94.3%
North Dakota
177
23.92
88.7%
Ohio
6,595
56.88
99.2%
South Dakota
115
13.47
85.3%
Wisconsin
1,506
26.15
98.6%
West States
State stats for the first name ALEXANDER
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
860
116.74
96.3%
Arizona
3,773
56.06
98.7%
California
23,874
61.53
99.8%
Colorado
4,200
78.43
99.0%
Hawaii
1,198
84.4
98.8%
Idaho
406
24.84
94.5%
Montana
220
21.46
90.9%
Nevada
2,027
71.39
98.4%
New Mexico
788
37.78
95.9%
Oregon
2,806
70.67
98.6%
Utah
1,524
51.78
97.8%
Washington
3,244
45.94
99.2%
Wyoming
131
22.35
87.3%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name ALEXANDER
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
3,367
93.63
99.1%
Maine
367
27.57
93.6%
Massachusetts
4,549
67.44
99.0%
New Hampshire
523
39.44
95.3%
New Jersey
8,986
100.53
99.5%
New York
15,383
77.91
99.7%
Pennsylvania
8,897
69.58
99.4%
Rhode Island
738
69.97
97.1%
Vermont
388
61.94
96.1%
South States
State stats for the first name ALEXANDER
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have ALEXANDER as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named ALEXANDER.
The most popular full name is ALEXANDER Smith.
0.64% of all the people named ALEXANDER
have this family name.
There are 19288 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name ALEXANDER