Aleksei
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Slavic
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Aleksei is a boys' name of Slavic origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Aleksei mean?
Slavic
A transliteration of the Russian male given name Алексе́й (Alekséj).
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Aleksei a girl's or a boy's name?
Aleksei is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aleksei in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 5 boys.
Aleksei in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
How popular is Aleksei in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Aleksei, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the boys named Aleksei in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aleksei in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,101 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,405 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
Names like Aleksei
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ali Amari Elijah Muhammad Kai Abdullah Axel Harrison Oliver Jaxon Noah Ibrahim
Names related to Aleksei
More Slavic names
Mila Milan Vera Mira Nadia Milana Rayna Zora Milena Raina Damir Lev Siyana Vlad Lilyana Yuri
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Aleksei: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aleksei, updated 20 October 2026.