How rare is the name Aleksandr?

9,767 people in the United States have the first name Aleksandr, about 1 in 30,924. It ranks #2,501 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ALEKSANDR

#2,501

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,767
About
1 in 30,924
This common or more
80%
Who bears it

Of the 9,767 people named Aleksandr, 95.7% reported their origin as White, 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 1.5% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Aleksandr peaked in 2016, when 72 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19712025
Peak year
2016
Births that year
72
In 2025*
44 ▼39%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,675 babies have been given the name since 1971. 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.

Aleksandr by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #5,146. The largest share of babies named Aleksandr, 40.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#13,45438
1980s#11,64878
1990s#5,634333
2000s#6,397386
2010s#5,146571
2020s#6,052269
Generation X 1965–802.8%
Millennials 1981–9616.6%
Generation Z 1997–1240.7%
2013 and later39.9%

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.

Either side of Aleksandr

#2,499 Lucero · 9,788#2,500 Eloisa · 9,769#2,502 Myriam · 9,764#2,503 Larisa · 9,748

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,581 Alessandra · 20,401#2,424 Alessandro · 10,245#2,974 Aleksandra · 7,552#4,250 Aleksander · 4,473#5,931 Aleksandar · 2,780#7,612 Alexandr · 1,989#7,976 Alexsandra · 1,848#12,710 Alesandra · 972

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