Alixander
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- al-ig-ZAN-der
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Alixander is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender of men”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Alixander mean?
Greek: spelling of Alexander
“defender of men”
Alexander the Great, king of Macedon, built an empire stretching from Greece to India.
Is Alixander a girl's or a boy's name?
Alixander 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 Alixander 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 Alixander, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2005, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the boys named Alixander in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 87 boys in the US were given Alixander or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,611, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
- Alexzander 68
- Alixander 7
- Alyxander 6
- Alexxander 6
Alixander in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
Nicknames for Alixander
Names like Alixander
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alexander, Xander, Aleksander, Alessandro, Asher, Cooper, Ander, Archer, Parker, Luca, Evander, Sebastian
Other spellings of Alixander
Names related to Alixander
More Greek names
Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Maisie, Lainey
Sources
Figures from 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, “Alixander: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alixander, updated 20 October 2026.