Alejandro is a distinctive choice, ranked #1538 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Alejandro in their class.
💎
UK Rank 2025
#1538
US Rank #195
Ad
About the Name Alejandro
Alejandro is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 144 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #722 in 2002 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Alejandro is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Alejandro in their class.
In the US it ranks even higher at #184, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
Alejandro Garnacho — Alejandro Garnacho Ferreyra is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Chelsea.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Alejandro
Unlikely. With around 17 UK babies named Alejandro per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Alejandro in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Alejandro is declining: down 159 places since 2020, to #1,538 in 2025. It peaked at #722 in 2002.
Alejandro is more popular in the US (#184) than in the UK (#1235). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Alejandro include: Alejandro Fernández, Alejandro Hernández Hernández and Alejandro Garnacho. Short summaries for each appear below.
Alejandro appears in the US top 500 at #184 in 2024 — moderately popular in America, though less so than in the UK.
17
UK babies named Alejandro (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 159 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Alejandro
Almost certainly the only Alejandro in the class
Ad
UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2025)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Alejandro
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Alejandro Adem is a professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of British Columbia and President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.