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Alexander Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Alexander: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 736,123 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
736,123
Peak year
1993 #21
Years on the list
146
10-year trend
-31.6%

In the 1990s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

YearBirthsRank
201115,717#8
201215,259#9
201314,923#8
201415,449#8
201514,584#8
201613,446#11
201712,577#13
201812,110#11
201911,327#10
202010,268#10
20219,425#13
20228,757#17
20237,918#22
20247,547#27
20257,230#30

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1993

CA
2,825
NY
1,437
FL
1,148
TX
1,094
IL
1,077
OH
996

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