Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Aleksandr

Gender

Male

Origin

Greek
mans defender, warrior
Polish
Russian

Syllables

3

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Aleksandr

Pronunciation

a-le-ksandr, al(ek)-sandr

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2016 (rank #1991, 72 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2833, 44 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
202544
202455
202347
202239
202144
202039
201944
201851
201764
201672

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 2013 (rank #1063, 25 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2437, 9 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
20259
20248
202312
20225
202114
20208
20197
201813
201710
201614

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 2014 (rank #2760, 8 births); most recent 2022 (rank #3765, 5 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
2023–
20225
20215
2020–
20195
20183
20174
20164
2015–
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 2018 (rank #543, 5 births); most recent 2021 (rank #717, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
20213
2020–
20193
20185
20174
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 2016 (rank #707, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
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