Aleksander
- #1,425 for boys in 2025, 126 births
- Peak · boys
- 2009 · 167 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,166since 1918
Aleksander over time
Rank among boys' names. Aleksander has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it. Not on the chart: 6 boys in 1918 (see the data table).
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,425 | 126 |
| 2024 | #1,673 | 100 |
| 2023 | #1,449 | 125 |
| 2022 | #1,314 | 143 |
| 2021 | #1,325 | 140 |
| 2020 | #1,343 | 133 |
| 2019 | #1,283 | 145 |
| 2018 | #1,188 | 160 |
| 2017 | #1,195 | 155 |
| 2016 | #1,266 | 144 |
| 2015 | #1,252 | 144 |
| 2014 | #1,117 | 171 |
| 2013 | #1,277 | 136 |
| 2012 | #1,188 | 152 |
| 2011 | #1,229 | 142 |
| 2010 | #1,309 | 131 |
| 2009 | #1,103 | 167 |
| 2008 | #1,263 | 138 |
| 2007 | #1,299 | 134 |
| 2006 | #1,330 | 123 |
| 2005 | #1,442 | 102 |
| 2004 | #1,292 | 115 |
| 2003 | #1,646 | 76 |
| 2002 | #1,295 | 104 |
| 2001 | #1,543 | 78 |
| 2000 | #1,541 | 78 |
| 1999 | #1,436 | 81 |
| 1998 | #1,585 | 66 |
| 1997 | #1,480 | 72 |
| 1996 | #1,387 | 76 |
| 1995 | #1,666 | 54 |
| 1994 | #1,664 | 54 |
| 1993 | #1,824 | 46 |
| 1992 | #1,490 | 61 |
| 1991 | #1,895 | 41 |
| 1990 | #2,170 | 33 |
| 1989 | #2,469 | 26 |
| 1988 | #2,509 | 23 |
| 1987 | #2,641 | 20 |
| 1986 | #2,510 | 21 |
| 1985 | #2,828 | 17 |
| 1984 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #3,070 | 13 |
| 1977 | #4,582 | 7 |
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| 1975 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
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| 1969 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Aleksander! It came in at #3,728, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1919–1972, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Aleksander is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Illinois#632 · 1 in 3,539
- New Jersey#766 · 1 in 4,971
- Indiana#949 · 1 in 6,333
- Ohio#1,111 · 1 in 8,756
- New York#1,119 · 1 in 8,442
Best ever in a state: #296 in Connecticut, 2012.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | #632 | 14 | 1 in 3,539 |
| New Jersey | #766 | 8 | 1 in 4,971 |
| Indiana | #949 | 5 | 1 in 6,333 |
| Ohio | #1,111 | 6 | 1 in 8,756 |
| New York | #1,119 | 10 | 1 in 8,442 |
| Florida | #1,191 | 10 | 1 in 9,553 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,231 | 5 | 1 in 10,452 |
| Texas | #1,555 | 11 | 1 in 15,914 |
| California | #1,687 | 9 | 1 in 19,497 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Aleksander
- 248 spots since 2024 (#1,673 → #1,425)
- 82 spots since 2020 (#1,343 → #1,425)
- Debuted 1918
- Peaked 2009 at #1,103 (167 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 11,233 boys born in 2014 were named Aleksander (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 13,556 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #1,103 in 2009, was only 1 in 11,878 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 35.5% of all boys named Aleksander (1,480) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1910s | 6 | #3,728 (1918) | #3,728 |
| 1920s | 0 | — | — |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 10 | #4,136 (1968) | #4,270 |
| 1970s | 46 | #3,070 (1978) | #4,331 |
| 1980s | 158 | #2,469 (1989) | #3,295 |
| 1990s | 584 | #1,387 (1996) | #1,660 |
| 2000s | 1,115 | #1,103 (2009) | #1,375 |
| 2010s | 1,480 | #1,117 (2014) | #1,230 |
| 2020s | 767 | #1,314 (2022) | #1,422 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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