Alexa is a female form of Alex.
In the United States, the name Alexa first appeared on the chart of the top 1,000 most popular baby girl names in the year 1973.
Popularity continued to climb and Alexa was ranked in the top 100 in the mid-1990s.
According to the Social Security Administration, its highest popularity, 39th, was achieved in 2006.
[1] The name's popularity decreased rapidly after Amazon picked it as the wake word of its voice service Amazon Alexa, which was released worldwide in 2016.