Alexander

Boy name

Alexander has been given to 740,668 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1993 and currently ranks #30 for boys (2025).

Meaning & origin /ˌælɪɡˈzændɚ/

Borrowed from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “to defend”) + ἀνδρ- (andr-), the stem of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). Doublet of Alastair, Alejandro, Iskandar, Sikandar, Alessandro, and Alexandre.

Origin: Ancient Greek

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025

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Total babies

740,668

Peak year

1993 (20,708 babies)

Rank in 2025

#30 for boys

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▼ -50%

Gender split

1% girls / 99% boys

Famous people named Alexander

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Russian writer, publicist, poet and politician (1918–2008)

Boris Johnson

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022

Alexander Fleming

Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)

Alexander Pope

English poet (1688–1744)

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

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