Alejandro
Boy · a-le-HAN-droh · Greek
Alejandro is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender of men”. In 2025 it ranked 1,613th for boys in the UK (17 babies) and 195th for boys in the US (1,842 babies).
What does Alejandro mean?
Greek: Spanish form of Alexander
“defender of men”
The Spanish form of Alexander, from Greek alexein, 'to defend', and aner, 'man'.
- Say it
- a-le-HAN-droh
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Is Alejandro a girl's or a boy's name?
Alejandro is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the UK and 1,842 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alejandro in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,613among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the UK were named Alejandro, making it the 1,613th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,317th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 44 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Alejandro than any year since 2001.
Half of all the boys named Alejandro in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,537th in England and Wales.
Alejandro in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,613 |
| 2024 | 22 | #1,311 |
| 2023 | 21 | #1,355 |
| 2022 | 26 | #1,157 |
| 2021 | 24 | #1,227 |
| 2020 | 21 | #1,317 |
| 2019 | 31 | #1,016 |
| 2018 | 33 | #980 |
| 2017 | 32 | #1,023 |
| 2016 | 26 | #1,163 |
| 2015 | 41 | #839 |
| 2014 | 44 | #791 |
| 2013 | 18 | #1,445 |
| 2012 | 26 | #1,128 |
| 2011 | 37 | #878 |
| 2010 | 37 | #867 |
| 2009 | 30 | #972 |
| 2008 | 30 | #972 |
| 2007 | 26 | #1,031 |
| 2006 | 30 | #894 |
| 2005 | 28 | #895 |
| 2004 | 24 | #954 |
| 2003 | 18 | #1,081 |
| 2002 | 27 | #770 |
| 2001 | 16 | #1,054 |
| 2000 | 20 | #882 |
| 1999 | 13 | #1,142 |
| 1998 | 19 | #878 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,319 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,215 |
How popular is Alejandro in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #195among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,842about 1 in 930 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- 1.5%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,842 boys in the US were named Alejandro, making it the 195th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 212th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 4,557 boys. It first appears in the records in 1885.
Half of all the boys named Alejandro in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alejandro in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,842 | #195 |
| 2024 | 1,993 | #186 |
| 2023 | 1,837 | #200 |
| 2022 | 1,966 | #194 |
| 2021 | 1,844 | #206 |
| 2020 | 1,792 | #212 |
| 2019 | 1,972 | #201 |
| 2018 | 1,902 | #208 |
| 2017 | 2,032 | #195 |
| 2016 | 2,208 | #181 |
| 2015 | 2,316 | #180 |
| 2014 | 2,602 | #158 |
| 2013 | 2,469 | #165 |
| 2012 | 2,729 | #148 |
| 2011 | 3,091 | #130 |
| 2010 | 3,712 | #103 |
| 2009 | 3,444 | #121 |
| 2008 | 4,168 | #105 |
| 2007 | 4,281 | #103 |
| 2006 | 4,551 | #96 |
| 2005 | 4,482 | #97 |
| 2004 | 4,451 | #99 |
| 2003 | 4,317 | #100 |
| 2002 | 4,356 | #92 |
| 2001 | 4,557 | #88 |
| 2000 | 4,511 | #89 |
| 1999 | 4,319 | #88 |
| 1998 | 4,044 | #95 |
| 1997 | 3,998 | #99 |
| 1996 | 3,676 | #107 |
| 1995 | 3,531 | #107 |
| 1994 | 3,469 | #105 |
| 1993 | 3,535 | #103 |
| 1992 | 3,176 | #113 |
| 1991 | 2,787 | #118 |
| 1990 | 2,643 | #125 |
| 1989 | 2,086 | #148 |
| 1988 | 1,607 | #176 |
| 1987 | 1,586 | #173 |
| 1986 | 1,633 | #165 |
| 1985 | 1,459 | #179 |
| 1984 | 1,320 | #190 |
| 1983 | 1,334 | #187 |
| 1982 | 1,499 | #173 |
| 1981 | 1,488 | #168 |
| 1980 | 1,304 | #187 |
| 1979 | 1,241 | #197 |
| 1978 | 1,107 | #202 |
| 1977 | 1,082 | #206 |
| 1976 | 1,076 | #203 |
| 1975 | 1,025 | #210 |
| 1974 | 870 | #237 |
| 1973 | 763 | #257 |
| 1972 | 702 | #276 |
| 1971 | 681 | #292 |
| 1970 | 587 | #326 |
| 1969 | 516 | #348 |
| 1968 | 421 | #379 |
| 1967 | 310 | #431 |
| 1966 | 313 | #431 |
| 1965 | 282 | #464 |
| 1964 | 300 | #458 |
| 1963 | 262 | #494 |
| 1962 | 247 | #505 |
| 1961 | 247 | #506 |
| 1960 | 201 | #557 |
| 1959 | 211 | #539 |
| 1958 | 205 | #536 |
| 1957 | 211 | #533 |
| 1956 | 178 | #566 |
| 1955 | 154 | #591 |
| 1954 | 161 | #581 |
| 1953 | 152 | #582 |
| 1952 | 175 | #528 |
| 1951 | 149 | #561 |
| 1950 | 117 | #641 |
| 1949 | 117 | #632 |
| 1948 | 134 | #575 |
| 1947 | 116 | #638 |
| 1946 | 105 | #626 |
| 1945 | 86 | #650 |
| 1944 | 94 | #633 |
| 1943 | 69 | #787 |
| 1942 | 60 | #839 |
| 1941 | 72 | #729 |
| 1940 | 85 | #653 |
| 1939 | 64 | #754 |
| 1938 | 61 | #784 |
| 1937 | 74 | #697 |
| 1936 | 62 | #774 |
| 1935 | 81 | #662 |
| 1934 | 78 | #691 |
| 1933 | 81 | #642 |
| 1932 | 83 | #668 |
| 1931 | 89 | #629 |
| 1930 | 102 | #605 |
| 1929 | 83 | #675 |
| 1928 | 79 | #713 |
| 1927 | 88 | #690 |
| 1926 | 67 | #803 |
| 1925 | 87 | #690 |
| 1924 | 58 | #916 |
| 1923 | 70 | #791 |
| 1922 | 63 | #863 |
| 1921 | 70 | #814 |
| 1920 | 67 | #816 |
| 1919 | 41 | #1,063 |
| 1918 | 37 | #1,124 |
| 1917 | 42 | #1,003 |
| 1916 | 31 | #1,176 |
| 1915 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1914 | 23 | #1,221 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,440 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,745 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,313 |
| 1909 | 11 | #893 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,021 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,001 |
| 1904 | 8 | #874 |
| 1903 | 8 | #846 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,057 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,161 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,120 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 5 | #921 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 5 | #935 |
Nicknames for Alejandro
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