Lexander
Boy · lek-SAN-dur · Greek
Lexander is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender of men”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Lexander mean?
Greek: clipped form of Alexander
“defender of men”
Clipped form of Alexander, from the Greek Alexandros, formed from alexein, to defend, and aner, man.
- Say it
- lek-SAN-dur
Is Lexander a girl's or a boy's name?
Lexander is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lexander in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Lexander, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1986.
Half of all the boys named Lexander in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lexander in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
Nicknames for Lexander
- Lex 6 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Lexander
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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