Aleksandr
Boy · Slavic
Aleksandr is a boys' name of Slavic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 2,832nd for boys in the US (44 babies).
What does Aleksandr mean?
Slavic
A transliteration of the Russian male given name Алекса́ндр (Aleksándr)
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Aleksandr a girl's or a boy's name?
Aleksandr is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 44 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aleksandr in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Aleksandr, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 26 boys.
Half of all the boys named Aleksandr in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Aleksandr in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 14 | #1,812 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 14 | #1,791 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 17 | #1,591 |
| 2015 | 23 | #1,237 |
| 2014 | 24 | #1,196 |
| 2013 | 26 | #1,112 |
| 2012 | 24 | #1,199 |
| 2011 | 13 | #1,788 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,654 |
| 2009 | 12 | #1,852 |
| 2008 | 12 | #1,810 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 11 | #1,742 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
How popular is Aleksandr in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,832among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 44about 1 in 39,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 44 boys in the US were named Aleksandr, making it the 2,832nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,979th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 72 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the boys named Aleksandr in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 56 boys in the US were given Aleksandr or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,060, up from #2,832 for this spelling alone.
- Aleksandr 44
- Alexandr 12
Aleksandr in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #2,832 |
| 2024 | 56 | #2,444 |
| 2023 | 47 | #2,736 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,098 |
| 2021 | 44 | #2,818 |
| 2020 | 39 | #2,979 |
| 2019 | 44 | #2,807 |
| 2018 | 51 | #2,506 |
| 2017 | 64 | #2,129 |
| 2016 | 72 | #1,991 |
| 2015 | 52 | #2,428 |
| 2014 | 61 | #2,203 |
| 2013 | 55 | #2,298 |
| 2012 | 50 | #2,487 |
| 2011 | 60 | #2,172 |
| 2010 | 62 | #2,143 |
| 2009 | 44 | #2,752 |
| 2008 | 48 | #2,582 |
| 2007 | 42 | #2,810 |
| 2006 | 37 | #2,978 |
| 2005 | 41 | #2,649 |
| 2004 | 33 | #3,010 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,181 |
| 2002 | 29 | #3,091 |
| 2001 | 52 | #2,023 |
| 2000 | 31 | #2,858 |
| 1999 | 37 | #2,395 |
| 1998 | 47 | #2,009 |
| 1997 | 40 | #2,161 |
| 1996 | 29 | #2,585 |
| 1995 | 39 | #2,097 |
| 1994 | 36 | #2,214 |
| 1993 | 22 | #3,036 |
| 1992 | 30 | #2,407 |
| 1991 | 25 | #2,677 |
| 1990 | 28 | #2,427 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
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Other spellings of Aleksandr
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