How popular is the name Aleksander?

Aleksander ranks 1,429th among boys' names in US records, with 5,669 births since 1918. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,895.

Is Aleksander a unisex name?

No. Aleksander is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2014, when 232 children were given the name. It has been in use for 107 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Aleksandr. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#1,429 of boy names

Pronounced AE2 L AH0 K S AE1 N D ER0 (ARPABET)

Aleksander is a boys' name, and first appears in 1918. It has been given to 5,669 children — the 1,429th most common boys' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2014, when 232 children were given it.

Aleksandr is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Aleksander and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Aleksander?: Aleksander ranks 1,429th among boys' names in US records, with 5,669 births since 1918. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,895.
Is Aleksander a unisex name?: No. Aleksander is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Aleksander most popular?: 2014, when 232 children were given the name. It has been in use for 107 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Aleksander spelled?: Aleksandr. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.