Alexey
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Slavic
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Alexey is a boys' name of Slavic origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Alexey mean?
Slavic
A transliteration of the Russian male given name Алексе́й (Alekséj), equivalent to Alexis.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Alexey a girl's or a boy's name?
Alexey 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 Alexey in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Alexey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alexey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
How popular is Alexey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,190th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Alexey, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 43 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Alexey in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alexey in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 30 | #3,633 |
| 2018 | 22 | #4,472 |
| 2017 | 43 | #2,797 |
| 2016 | 27 | #3,882 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 27 | #3,784 |
| 2013 | 28 | #3,659 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 24 | #3,998 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
Names like Alexey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Marley, Oakley, Sebastian, Finley, Riley, Alfie, Albie, Hudson, Asher, Elijah, Jaxon, Archer
Names related to Alexey
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, “Alexey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alexey, updated 20 October 2026.