Alejandro
Boy nameAlejandro has been given to 147,470 babies in the U.S. since 1885. It peaked in 2001 and currently ranks #195 for boys (2025).
Meaning & origin /ˌalɪˈhandɹəʊ/
Borrowed from Spanish Alejandro, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, literally “defender of man”), an epithet of the goddess Hera. Doublet of Alexander.
Origin: Spanish
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
147,470
Peak year
2001 (4,577 babies)
Rank in 2025
#195 for boys
First recorded
1885
10-year trend
▼ -20%
Gender split
1% girls / 99% boys
Famous people named Alejandro
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Mexican film director
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Chilean-French filmmaker and comics writer
Alejandro Balde
Spanish-Dominican association football player
Alejandro Toledo
President of Peru from 2001 to 2006
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
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