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Alejandra

As a girl's name, Alejandra traces back to Spanish, where it is understood to mean "Spanish feminine of Alejandro". It peaked back in the 1990s and has been gradually easing since. In the current registry, it is a name plenty of people share. The name's best year yet was 1994.

SpanishSpanish feminine of Alejandro
EtymologyMeaning "defender of mankind"
Births by decade
1900s
6
1910s
82
1920s
166
1930s
129
1940s
155
1950s
160
1960s
411
1970s
2,090
1980s
5,714
1990s
19,263
2000s
15,607
2010s
6,387
Peaked in the 1990s · 50,170 total U.S. births since 1900