Aleczander
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- al-ek-ZAN-der
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Aleczander is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender of men”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Aleczander mean?
Greek: modern spelling of Alexander
“defender of men”
A respelling of Alexander, from Greek alexein 'to defend' + aner 'man'.
Is Aleczander a girl's or a boy's name?
Aleczander is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aleczander in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 72% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Aleczander, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,808th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 65 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had the fewest boys named Aleczander since it first appeared, in 1989.
Half of all the boys named Aleczander in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aleczander in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 2019 | 35 | #3,256 |
| 2018 | 35 | #3,237 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,005 |
| 2016 | 44 | #2,725 |
| 2015 | 49 | #2,527 |
| 2014 | 55 | #2,343 |
| 2013 | 65 | #2,064 |
| 2012 | 50 | #2,487 |
| 2011 | 46 | #2,625 |
| 2010 | 49 | #2,510 |
| 2009 | 52 | #2,450 |
| 2008 | 51 | #2,466 |
| 2007 | 56 | #2,304 |
| 2006 | 53 | #2,347 |
| 2005 | 36 | #2,898 |
| 2004 | 44 | #2,485 |
| 2003 | 42 | #2,466 |
| 2002 | 43 | #2,368 |
| 2001 | 37 | #2,557 |
| 2000 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1999 | 43 | #2,159 |
| 1998 | 45 | #2,065 |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,093 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,906 |
| 1995 | 30 | #2,495 |
| 1994 | 23 | #3,024 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
Nicknames for Aleczander
Names like Aleczander
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Xander, Alexander, Alessandro, Luca, Aleksander, Cooper, Ares, Asher, Alexzander, Santiago, Evander, Pierce
Names related to Aleczander
More Greek names
Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Maisie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aleczander: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aleczander, updated 20 October 2026.