Alejo
Alejo is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Alejo Carpentier (1904–1980), Cuban novelist Alejo Corral, Argentine rugby union player Alejo Cruz, Uruguayan football player Alejo Durán (1919–1989), Colombian musician and songwriter Alejo Durán, Uruguayan rugby union player Alejo Fernández, Spanish painter Alejo García Pintos, Argentine actor Alejo Garza Tamez (1933–2010), Mexican…
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Alejo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Alejo is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Alejo Carpentier (1904–1980), Cuban novelist Alejo Corral, Argentine rugby union player Alejo Cruz, Uruguayan football player Alejo Durán (1919–1989), Colombian musician and songwriter Alejo Durán, Uruguayan rugby union player Alejo Fernández, Spanish painter Alejo García Pintos, Argentine actor Alejo Garza Tamez (1933–2010), Mexican…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Alejo
Alejo first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1909, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1996: 17 births, good for #3,830 nationwide. As of 2026, Alejo ranks #7,016 for baby boys with 10 births, gradually falling (-11%). All told, over 902 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Alejo
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About the name Alejo
Alejo is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1909 and has accumulated 902 births in the dataset. Alejo's peak popularity came in 1996 when it ranked #1,440. Use the chart and map above to compare Alejo's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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