Alejandro
For 2025 the count puts Alejandro at #195 nationwide, neither climbing nor fading. Its record runs from 1885 through a 2001 peak, 146,624 children in all.
What Alejandro carries
Alejandro · Teutonic
“helper of men”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Alejandro’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Alejandro, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Alejandro since 1885
Alejandro peaked in 2001 at #88; #195 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Alejandro is most common
Alejandro is most common in New Mexico: 0.35% of the state's recorded boys' names in 2025. Arizona (0.3%) and Texas (0.27%) follow.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Alejandro
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Arabella
#213 in 2025 · Teutonic
Adeline
#59 in 2025 · Teutonic
Aubrey
#146 in 2025 · Teutonic
Caroline
#96 in 2025 · Teutonic
Audrey
#86 in 2025 · Teutonic
Carlos
#150 in 2025 · Teutonic
Luis
#144 in 2025 · Teutonic
Ella
#29 in 2025 · Teutonic
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About Alejandro
Where does Alejandro rank right now?
For 2025 the count puts Alejandro at #195 nationwide, neither climbing nor fading. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1885.
What is the recorded meaning of Alejandro?
“helper of men” is the meaning our source sets down, of Teutonic origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
What names go with Alejandro?
On origin, era, syllables and first letter, Arabella sits closest, with Adeline and Aubrey just behind. Give the matcher the names already in the house and it scores the whole top thousand against them.
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