Meaning and history
Feminine form of Alexander. In Greek mythology, it was a Mycenaean epithet of the goddess Hera and an alternate name of Cassandra. The name was borne by several early Christian saints and by the wife of Nicholas II, the last tsar of Russia; born in Germany as Alix, she was renamed Александра (Aleksandra) when she joined the Russian Church.
20062006: 6,101 births, rank #40
2007: 5,354 births, rank #49
2008: 4,612 births, rank #61
2009: 4,166 births, rank #69
2010: 4,021 births, rank #64
20112011: 3,630 births, rank #76
2012: 3,483 births, rank #76
2013: 3,509 births, rank #82
2014: 3,316 births, rank #92
2015: 3,007 births, rank #100
20162016: 2,855 births, rank #110
2017: 2,607 births, rank #120
2018: 2,410 births, rank #125
2019: 2,133 births, rank #130
2020: 1,966 births, rank #138
20212021: 1,726 births, rank #169
2022: 1,552 births, rank #190
2023: 1,473 births, rank #204
2024: 1,390 births, rank #221
20252025: 1,314 births, rank #237
Alexandra moved from #221 to #237 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1993, with 10,683 births.