How rare is the name Aleksandra?

7,552 people in the United States have the first name Aleksandra, about 1 in 39,994. It ranks #2,974 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ALEKSANDRA

#2,974

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,552
About
1 in 39,994
This common or more
81.3%
Who bears it

Of the 7,552 people named Aleksandra, 94.1% reported their origin as White, 3% as Hispanic or Latino and 1.7% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Aleksandra peaked in 2008, when 126 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19652025
Peak year
2008
Births that year
126
In 2025*
47 ▼63%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,110 babies have been given the name since 1965. 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.

Aleksandra by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #3,326. The largest share of babies named Aleksandra, 48.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#13,57414
1970s#9,44379
1980s#6,593189
1990s#3,970558
2000s#3,3261,004
2010s#3,708937
2020s#5,274329
Generation X 1965–803.2%
Millennials 1981–9617.3%
Generation Z 1997–1248.7%
2013 and later30.7%

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 Aleksandra is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Aleksandra has been most common in Illinois (5.9×), New Jersey (3.2×), and New York (3.1×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.38×).

1,673 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 Aleksandra

1 other first name also has 7,552 people.

#2,974 Kristofer · 7,552

Either side of Aleksandra

#2,972 Binh · 7,556#2,973 Aya · 7,553#2,974 Kristofer · 7,552#2,976 Kala · 7,549

Spelled almost the same

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

#245 Alexandra · 229,437#673 Alejandra · 78,499#1,581 Alessandra · 20,401#2,424 Alessandro · 10,245#2,501 Aleksandr · 9,767#4,250 Aleksander · 4,473#5,931 Aleksandar · 2,780#7,976 Alexsandra · 1,848

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