Alexei
Boy · Slavic
Alexei is a boys' name of Slavic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 3,239th for boys in the US (36 babies).
What does Alexei mean?
Slavic
A transliteration of the Russian male given name Алексе́й (Alekséj), equivalent to Alexius.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Alexei a girl's or a boy's name?
Alexei is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 36 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alexei in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Alexei, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Alexei in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Alexei in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,007 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 14 | #1,724 |
| 2009 | 13 | #1,760 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,599 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,599 |
| 2004 | 15 | #1,301 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,384 |
| 2001 | 8 | #1,690 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 8 | #1,569 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,412 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Alexei in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 36about 1 in 47,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 36 boys in the US were named Alexei, making it the 3,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,885th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 51 boys. It first appears in the records in 1961.
Half of all the boys named Alexei in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 30% of the babies named Alexei in the US in 1996, and 12% in 2022.
Alexei in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,239 |
| 2024 | 47 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 34 | #3,414 |
| 2022 | 45 | #2,828 |
| 2021 | 51 | #2,551 |
| 2020 | 41 | #2,885 |
| 2019 | 47 | #2,693 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,104 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,122 |
| 2016 | 34 | #3,292 |
| 2015 | 39 | #2,965 |
| 2014 | 35 | #3,152 |
| 2013 | 32 | #3,337 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 29 | #3,604 |
| 2010 | 36 | #3,127 |
| 2009 | 29 | #3,637 |
| 2008 | 40 | #2,945 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 38 | #2,931 |
| 2005 | 45 | #2,489 |
| 2004 | 34 | #2,949 |
| 2003 | 35 | #2,776 |
| 2002 | 34 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 48 | #2,147 |
| 2000 | 48 | #2,083 |
| 1999 | 27 | #3,027 |
| 1998 | 35 | #2,447 |
| 1997 | 30 | #2,609 |
| 1996 | 23 | #3,102 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 18 | #3,452 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 13 | #2,900 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,890 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,310 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
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