Aleksey
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Slavic
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Aleksey is a boys' name of Slavic origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Aleksey mean?
Slavic
A transliteration of the Russian male given name Алексе́й (Alekséj), equivalent to Alexius.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Aleksey a girl's or a boy's name?
Aleksey is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aleksey in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 6 boys.
Aleksey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
How popular is Aleksey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,799th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Aleksey, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2006, with 37 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.
2025 had fewer boys named Aleksey than any year since 2005.
Half of all the boys named Aleksey in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aleksey in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 24 | #4,177 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 28 | #3,659 |
| 2012 | 32 | #3,368 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2007 | 31 | #3,442 |
| 2006 | 37 | #2,978 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 23 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
Names like Aleksey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Marley, Oakley, Sebastian, Finley, Asher, Hudson, Riley, Axel, Elijah, Jaxon, Albie, Jax
Names related to Aleksey
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, “Aleksey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aleksey, updated 20 October 2026.