Aleksandrs

Boys' name

To defend + man, through Алекса́ндр

Aleksandrs has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 1988. 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 1988, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Aleksandrs, 1988

1 in 739,000

Aleksandrs 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Aleksandrs: meaning, origin, and history

To defend + man, through Алекса́ндр

Russian

What Aleksandrs means

Aleksandrs belongs to the name family reached through Aleksandrs → Алекса́ндр. Its meaning is “to defend + man”.

Origin, language, and formation

Aleksandrs is used in Latvian. Its origins include Russian.

Aleksandrs comes through Russian Алекса́ндр.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Алекса́ндр and Alexander.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Aleksandrs between 1988 and 1988. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1988; its best national rank was #7,298 in 1988.

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 Aleksandrs?

Aleksandrs had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1988, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1988: 1 in 739,000; 5 of 3,694,212 births
Among boys only: 1 in 383,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1988: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 512,128 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Aleksandrs 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 1988 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 512,128 children born in 1988 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Aleksandrs. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Aleksandrss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Aleksandrs was born before 1988 — so the typical Aleksandrs is around 37 today.

Median birth year: 1988; About 37 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Aleksandrs 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 1988 (5)
Years since peak: 37; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #7,298; 1988

Spellings of Aleksandrs

Aleksandrs is not the most common spelling — Alessandro is, with 62.2% against Aleksandrs's 0.03%.

Alessandro62.2%12,002
Aleksander21.6%4,166
Aleksandr8.7%1,675
Aleksandar7.5%1,437
Aleksandrs0.03%5

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.

Aleksandrs around the world

Where Aleksandrs ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2007–2022
#4,790
in 2022
Ireland
2008–2013
#711
in 2013
Norway
1880–1992
#444
in 1992
South Australia
1977–1993
#519
in 1993

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Norway and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Aleksandrs 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: #7,298; 1988
Peak year: 1988; 5 that year
First recorded: 1988
Last recorded: 1988
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Aleksandrs

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

Sibling names for Aleksandrs

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

Cody Kandace Whitley Shantell Stephani Janay Felisha Jalisa

For a brother

Darell Elizabeth Kelsey Garrick Derik Chaz Lauren Derrell

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