Alexander Variations & Nicknames
Honor Alexander with a different spelling, a familiar short form, or a form used in another language. Each choice below identifies its connection to the name family and has its own U.S. popularity history.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
An English form or familiar short form of Alexander. | 7,230#30 | Down 20 rank positions in five years | 1993 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Alexander. | 1,515#232 | Down 49 rank positions in five years | 1993 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Alexander family. | 1,314#237 | Down 99 rank positions in five years | 1993 | ||
An international form of Alexander. | 1,842#195 | Up 17 rank positions in five years | 2001 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Alexander family. | 647#474 | Down 154 rank positions in five years | 1993 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Alexander. | 234#977 | Down 389 rank positions in five years | 1995 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Alexander. | 1,335#259 | Down 72 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Alexander. | 804#397 | Down 116 rank positions in five years | 2013 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Alexander family. | 697#443 | Down 75 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
An international form of Alexander. | 608#497 | Up 129 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
An international form of Alexander. | 67#2,148 | Down 469 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
An international form of Alexander. | 126#1,425 | Down 82 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
A Scottish form or anglicized spelling of Alexander. | 265#897 | Up 64 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
An international form of Alexander. | 51#2,596 | Up 1,656 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
An international form of Alexander. | 49#2,644 | Up 1,008 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
An international form of Alexander. | 47#2,748 | Steady | 2024 | ||
An international form of Alexander. | 44#2,836 | Up 144 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
A Scottish form or anglicized spelling of Alexander. | 97#1,689 | Down 133 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
An international form of Alexander. | 41#3,029 | Down 308 rank positions in five years | 2020 | ||
An international form of Alexander. | 21#4,710 | Down 168 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
A Scottish form or anglicized spelling of Alexander. | 67#2,147 | Up 832 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
An international form of Alexander. | 30#3,738 | Up 56 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
An international form of Alexander. | 9#8,275 | Down 1,970 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
A Scottish form or anglicized spelling of Alexander. | 28#3,849 | Up 692 rank positions in five years | 2021 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.