Alekzander

Gender: Boy
Say it: al-ek-ZAN-der
Origin: Greek
US rank, 2025: #5,606 for boys

Alekzander is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender of the people”. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).

What does Alekzander mean?

Greek: spelling of Alexander

“defender of the people”

A spelling of Alexander, the name made famous by Alexander the Great of Macedon.

Is Alekzander a girl's or a boy's name?

Alekzander is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Alekzander in the US?

Rank in 2025: 5,606th among boys
Babies in 2025: 16 about 1 in 110,000 boys
Five-year trend: Falling down 39% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Alekzander, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,808th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 65 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Alekzander than any year since 2000.

Half of all the boys named Alekzander in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

1992Busiest: 65 in 20102025

Alekzander in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	16	#5,606
2024	19	#5,063
2023	27	#3,999
2022	40	#3,051
2021	35	#3,295
2020	27	#3,808
2019	35	#3,256
2018	39	#2,992
2017	49	#2,565
2016	51	#2,477
2015	62	#2,189
2014	61	#2,203
2013	56	#2,277
2012	63	#2,131
2011	60	#2,172
2010	65	#2,068
2009	35	#3,222
2008	48	#2,582
2007	52	#2,442
2006	61	#2,125
2005	40	#2,697
2004	40	#2,639
2003	25	#3,523
2002	26	#3,344
2001	28	#3,138
2000	15	#4,779
1999	18	#3,981
1998	9	#6,308
1997	13	#4,663
1996	6	#7,964
1995	12	#4,785
1994	11	#5,103
1993	8	#6,221
1992	5	#8,426