Aleksandra
Girl · a-lek-SAN-dra · Greek
Aleksandra is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender of men”. In 2025 it ranked 1,460th for girls in the UK (22 babies) and 3,295th for girls in the US (47 babies).
What does Aleksandra mean?
Greek: Polish and Slavic form of Alexandra
“defender of men”
The Polish and Slavic form of Alexandra, the feminine of Alexander.
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- a-lek-SAN-dra
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Is Aleksandra a girl's or a boy's name?
Aleksandra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 girls in the UK and 47 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aleksandra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,460among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 72% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the UK were named Aleksandra, making it the 1,460th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 570th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 177 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Aleksandra than any year since 2005.
Half of all the girls named Aleksandra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,407th in England and Wales.
Aleksandra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #1,460 |
| 2024 | 32 | #1,111 |
| 2023 | 23 | #1,451 |
| 2022 | 47 | #824 |
| 2021 | 51 | #792 |
| 2020 | 76 | #570 |
| 2019 | 78 | #567 |
| 2018 | 121 | #407 |
| 2017 | 117 | #420 |
| 2016 | 138 | #372 |
| 2015 | 126 | #404 |
| 2014 | 133 | #374 |
| 2013 | 131 | #386 |
| 2012 | 151 | #352 |
| 2011 | 148 | #356 |
| 2010 | 177 | #295 |
| 2009 | 152 | #334 |
| 2008 | 125 | #391 |
| 2007 | 86 | #497 |
| 2006 | 41 | #809 |
| 2005 | 21 | #1,250 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,949 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,723 |
| 2000 | 16 | #1,290 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Aleksandra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,295among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 47about 1 in 34,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 47 girls in the US were named Aleksandra, making it the 3,295th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,416th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 126 girls. It first appears in the records in 1965.
Half of all the girls named Aleksandra in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aleksandra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #3,295 |
| 2024 | 47 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 44 | #3,524 |
| 2022 | 46 | #3,415 |
| 2021 | 73 | #2,440 |
| 2020 | 72 | #2,416 |
| 2019 | 61 | #2,752 |
| 2018 | 64 | #2,676 |
| 2017 | 90 | #2,129 |
| 2016 | 85 | #2,247 |
| 2015 | 112 | #1,839 |
| 2014 | 99 | #1,997 |
| 2013 | 116 | #1,761 |
| 2012 | 107 | #1,875 |
| 2011 | 99 | #1,982 |
| 2010 | 104 | #1,928 |
| 2009 | 120 | #1,792 |
| 2008 | 126 | #1,756 |
| 2007 | 125 | #1,734 |
| 2006 | 117 | #1,771 |
| 2005 | 101 | #1,910 |
| 2004 | 79 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 97 | #1,884 |
| 2002 | 92 | #1,913 |
| 2001 | 81 | #2,060 |
| 2000 | 66 | #2,328 |
| 1999 | 72 | #2,112 |
| 1998 | 69 | #2,101 |
| 1997 | 60 | #2,256 |
| 1996 | 63 | #2,148 |
| 1995 | 60 | #2,211 |
| 1994 | 45 | #2,696 |
| 1993 | 72 | #1,938 |
| 1992 | 50 | #2,508 |
| 1991 | 34 | #3,201 |
| 1990 | 33 | #3,292 |
| 1989 | 37 | #2,925 |
| 1988 | 26 | #3,580 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,656 |
| 1986 | 27 | #3,275 |
| 1985 | 20 | #3,982 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,317 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,285 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
Nicknames for Aleksandra
Names like Aleksandra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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