Aleksi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AH-lek-see
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Aleksi is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender, helper”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Aleksi mean?
Greek: Finnish and Bulgarian form of Alexius
“defender, helper”
Finnish and Bulgarian form of Alexius, from Greek alexo 'to defend, help'.
Is Aleksi a girl's or a boy's name?
Aleksi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aleksi in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 5 boys.
Aleksi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Aleksi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Aleksi, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Aleksi in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aleksi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
Names like Aleksi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alexander, Elliot, Nicholas, George, Alistair, Anthony, Adam, Christopher, Dominic, Andreas, Stefan, Andrew
Names related to Aleksi
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Maisie
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, “Aleksi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aleksi, updated 20 October 2026.