Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Aleksandar

Gender

Male

Origin

Greek
mans defender, warrior

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Aleksandar

Pronunciation

a-lek-sandar, al(e)-ksa-ndar

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2005 (rank #2163, 56 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4707, 21 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
202521
202426
202324
202228
202126
202021
201936
201830
201740
201628

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2017 (rank #1290, 20 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2437, 9 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
20259
20246
202312
202212
202114
202014
201911
201818
201720
201617

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1975 (rank #567, 24 births); most recent 2023 (rank #2965, 7 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
20237
202211
20217
202012
20196
20186
201713
20164
20154
20148

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2024 (rank #748, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
20243
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2017 (rank #733, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
20173
20163

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2022 (rank #532, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
20226
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence