Alaxander

Boys' name

To defend + man

Alaxander has been given to 20 babies in the U.S. since 1989. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1999, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Alaxander, 1999

1 in 369,000

Alaxander over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Alaxander: meaning, origin, and history

To defend + man

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Alaxander means

Alaxander means “to defend + man”, associated with ἀλέξω and ἀνήρ.

Origin, language, and formation

Alaxander is used in Old Irish.

Alaxander comes through Latin Alexander and Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Alexander.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 20 boys were recorded with the name Alaxander between 1989 and 1999. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1999; its best national rank was #6,047 in 1999.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Alaxander?

Alaxander had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1999, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1999: 1 in 369,000; 10 of 3,692,373 births
Among boys only: 1 in 192,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1999: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 255,937 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Alaxander sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1999 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 255,937 children born in 1999 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Alaxander. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Alaxanders were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Alaxander was born before 1992 — so the typical Alaxander is around 33 today.

Median birth year: 1992; About 33 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 75.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 20; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 75.0% of all recorded uses (15).

Is Alaxander rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1999 (10)
Years since peak: 26; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #6,047; 1999

Spellings of Alaxander

Alaxander is not the most common spelling — Alexander is, with 98.7% against Alaxander's <0.01%.

Alexander98.7%736,123
Alexzander1.0%7,456
Alexsander0.17%1,266
Alexandar0.09%681
Alaxander<0.01%20

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Alaxander by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #6,047; 1999
Peak year: 1999; 10 that year
First recorded: 1989
Last recorded: 1999
All-time count: 20
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Alaxander

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Alander Alastar Alajandro Lisander Alajuwon Lyxander Parminder Alesander Gurvinder Alaska Elexander Elixander Elizander Alassane Alandus Lyzander Alandre Brander Alexnader Avander Alaia Alarick Aladino Olivander

Sibling names for Alaxander

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Tatianna Caleigh Chyna Kaylah Calista Destini Carson Kayley

For a brother

Jaren Marshal Maximillian Reyes Stone Devyn Garrison Tyrese

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