How rare is the name Aleksander?

4,473 people in the United States have the first name Aleksander, about 1 in 67,523. It ranks #4,250 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

ALEKSANDER

#4,250

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,473
About
1 in 67,523
This common or more
83.8%
Who bears it

Of the 4,473 people named Aleksander, 83.6% reported their origin as White, 10.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 4% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Aleksander peaked in 2014, when 171 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19182025
Peak year
2014
Births that year
171
In 2025*
126 ▼26%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 4,166 babies have been given the name since 1918. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Aleksander by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #2,715. The largest share of babies named Aleksander, 43.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#10,9266
1960s#14,95510
1970s#12,39146
1980s#7,445158
1990s#3,848584
2000s#3,0811,115
2010s#2,7151,480
2020s#3,010767
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Generation X 1965–801.6%
Millennials 1981–9612.3%
Generation Z 1997–1242.2%
2013 and later43.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Aleksander is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Aleksander has been most common in Illinois (3.1×), New Jersey (2.5×), and Florida (2.4×), and least common in Ohio (0.48×).

2,456 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Aleksander

2 other first names also have 4,473 people.

#4,250 Arie · 4,473#4,250 Dwain · 4,473

Either side of Aleksander

#4,247 Cinda · 4,474#4,247 Risa · 4,474#4,250 Arie · 4,473#4,250 Dwain · 4,473

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Aleksander, most common first.

#74 Alexander · 556,757#2,501 Aleksandr · 9,767#2,974 Aleksandra · 7,552#4,022 Alexzander · 4,826#5,931 Aleksandar · 2,780#13,210 Aleczander · 920#14,312 Alexsander · 826#14,777 Alekzander · 791

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