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Aleksey

#6,820 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Alexius

Aleksey has been given to 581 babies in the U.S. since 1995. In 2025 it ranked #6,820 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2006, with 37 recorded.

Babies named Aleksey, 2025

1 in 276,000

Aleksey over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
01020304018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Aleksey: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Alexius

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Aleksey means

Aleksey is a form of Alexius.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Aleksey → Alexius. The family’s meaning is “helper, defender”, recorded in English with the source elements Álexis.

Origin, language, and formation

Aleksey is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Alexius and Алексе́й.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 571 boys were recorded with the name Aleksey between 1995 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 37 in 2006; its best national rank was #2,983 in 2006.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,304 in 2020 to #6,820 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,181 in 2015 to #6,820 in 2025.

In the United States, 10 girls were recorded with the name Aleksey between 1996 and 1998. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1996; its best national rank was #13,578 in 1996.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Aleksey?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 276,000
12 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 142,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#6,820
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
191,493 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Aleksey 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 2025 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 191,493 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Aleksey. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Alekseys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Aleksey was born before 2011 — so the typical Aleksey is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
40.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
91.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
571
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Choose a decade

2010s — 40.1% of all recorded uses (229).

Is Aleksey 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
−912
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−516
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,639
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.50×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
32.4%
Peak was 2006 (37)
Years since peak
19
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
34.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,983
2006

Spellings of Aleksey

Aleksey is the most-used spelling, taking 50.5% of the 1,131 babies given a near-identical spelling.

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.

Where Aleksey is used

Across 1910–2025, Aleksey was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 566,790 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3New York1 in —
  4. 4Washington1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Aleksey has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Aleksey around the world

Where Aleksey 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
    2010–2022
    #4,790
    in 2022
  • France
    2010–2022
    #6,623
    in 2022
  • Canada
    2011–2024
    #3,231
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2006–2006
    #657
    in 2006

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Aleksey by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,820
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 516
Best rank ever
#2,983
2006
Peak year
2006
37 that year
First recorded
1995
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
571
Count in 2025
12

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#13,578
1996
Peak year
1996
5 that year
First recorded
1996
Last recorded
1998
All-time count
10
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Aleksey

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

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

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