Five years ago Amazon introduced Alexa. The name may never be the same. Here’s what happened

The Amazon Echo Plus. In 2015, the year after Amazon Alexa debuted, Alexa was the 32nd most popular female baby name in the US. — Amazon/TNS

About 4,250 Alexas are turning five in the US this year. One of them is Amazon's.

The voice-computing technology that can now control more than 85,000 different devices debuted Nov 6, 2014. Some 10,000 people work at Amazon on various parts of the system of technologies, which is used by "tens of millions" of customers each month, according to a company blog post marking its birthday.