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Alexzander

Gender
Boy
Say it
al-ig-ZAN-der
Origin
Greek
US rank, 2025
#2,125 for boys

Alexzander is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender of the people”. In 2025 it ranked 2,125th for boys in the US (68 babies).

What does Alexzander mean?

Greek: spelling of Alexander

“defender of the people”

A spelling of Alexander, the name of Alexander the Great, the Macedonian king who conquered the Persian Empire.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Alexzander is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 68 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Alexzander 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 14 boys.

Half of all the boys named Alexzander in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 14 in 20142023
Alexzander in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20233#5,193
20224#4,195
20211#6,364
20209#2,359
20193#4,913
20185#3,596
20176#3,191
20167#2,947
201510#2,260
201414#1,743
20136#3,096
20128#2,595
201110#2,158
20108#2,534
200911#1,959
20086#2,906
20071#5,736
20069#1,995
20056#2,545
200410#1,688
20039#1,723
20020–
20015#2,326
20007#1,775
19994#2,513
19980–
19970–
19965#2,094

How popular is Alexzander in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,125among boys
Babies in 2025
68about 1 in 25,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 59% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 68 boys in the US were named Alexzander, making it the 2,125th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,172nd. Its busiest year was 2006, with 389 boys. It first appears in the records in 1936.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Alexzander than any year since 1993.

Half of all the boys named Alexzander in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 87 boys in the US were given Alexzander or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,611, up from #2,125 for this spelling alone.

1936Busiest: 389 in 20062025
Alexzander in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202568#2,125
202485#1,878
2023110#1,576
2022120#1,504
2021203#1,054
2020164#1,172
2019245#890
2018225#933
2017226#928
2016244#892
2015284#807
2014316#749
2013308#748
2012329#718
2011312#729
2010355#673
2009345#696
2008360#672
2007386#629
2006389#612
2005356#622
2004320#645
2003289#676
2002225#765
2001172#907
2000152#975
1999127#1,066
1998109#1,143
1997102#1,176
199680#1,345
199569#1,425
199470#1,395
199368#1,402
199266#1,390
199140#1,913
199030#2,303
198923#2,684
198814#3,518
198713#3,516
198614#3,265
19858#4,693
19845#6,311
19835#6,234
19827#5,001
19817#4,959
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19490–
19485#3,665
19470–
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19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19366#3,146

Nicknames for Alexzander

Names like Alexzander

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Alexzander

Names related to Alexzander

More Greek names

Every Greek name

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, “Alexzander: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alexzander, updated 20 October 2026.