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Description of the name "Alexander"

Alexander is most popular name in Nevada of US for all generations. And most popular Boy name of Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers) in Northeast. The Short-term(recent 3 years) Trend of this Boy name is decreasing, And The Long-term(recent 25 years) Trend is decreasing.The Short-term(recent 3 years) Trend of this Girl name is stalled, And The Long-term(recent 25 years) Trend is stalled.The popularity of this name is recently(3-years to 2022) falling for male in MidWest, falling for male in Northeast, falling for male in South, falling for male in West, and falling for male in MidWeststalled for male in Northeasttoo falling for male in Southstalled for male in West

 
 
 

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Visualized Trend by Regions for 'Alexander'
Visualized Trend by States for 'Alexander'

 
 
 

The total number and actual popularities of births of the name "Alexander"

Years with the same rank do not necessarily indicate the same number of births. Name data come from Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States.  
 
 

The rankings of the name "Alexander" by years

 
 
 

Name Rankings by Generations

 
In the G.I. Generation(1901~1927), the popularity of name "Alexander" is 114th out of 1654 names.
In the Silent Generation(1928~1945), the popularity of name "Alexander" is 183rd out of 1332 names.
In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964), the popularity of name "Alexander" is 209th out of 1361 names.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980), the popularity of name "Alexander" is 129th out of 1399 names.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996), the popularity of name "Alexander" is 34th out of 1406 names.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996), the popularity of name "Alexander" is 1048th out of 1589 names.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012), the popularity of name "Alexander" is 14th out of 1436 names.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023), the popularity of name "Alexander" is 13th out of 1274 names.

 
 

Name Rankings by Generations and Regions

 
 

Popularities by States

In this context, popularity is determined by dividing the number of births with a specific name in a given state by the total number of births in that state. This method provides an absolute measure of popularity that remains unaffected by population size.