Alejo
Boy · ah-LEH-hoh · Greek
Alejo is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender”. In 2025 it ranked 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Alejo mean?
Greek: Spanish form of Alexius
“defender”
Borne by the Cuban novelist Alejo Carpentier (1904-1980).
- Say it
- ah-LEH-hoh
Is Alejo a girl's or a boy's name?
Alejo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alejo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,538among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Alejo, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. It first appears in the records in 1909.
2025 had the most boys named Alejo of any year since it first appeared, in 1909.
Half of all the boys named Alejo in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alejo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,469 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 11 | #2,504 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,904 |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 9 | #2,607 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 9 | #2,533 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,861 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,731 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,322 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,680 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,628 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,876 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
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