Spellings

Alexandra or Alexandria?

In the US in 2025, 65% of babies in this name family were spelled Alexandra and 32% Alexandria. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.

Ten years ago

Alexandra already led in 2015, with 64% of the family's births; it has 65% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 4,663 to 2,008 births (−57%).

Births by spelling, 2015 and 2025
Spelling20152025Change
Alexandra3,0071,314−56%
Alexandria1,544647−58%
Aleksandra11247−58%

How they sound

  • Alexandra /ˌælɛɡˈzændrə/ (al-eks-AN-druh)
  • Alexandria /ˌælɪɡˈzændriə/ (al-ig-ZAN-dree-uh)
  • Aleksandra /ˌɑləkˈsɑndrə/ (ah-luhk-SAHN-druh)

In France

In France in 2025: Alexandra 85 births (#529 among girls). The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.

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