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Aleksi

#9,759 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Helper, defender

Aleksi has been given to 125 babies in the U.S. since 1996. In 2025 it ranked #9,759 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 10 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 78% boys, 22% girls all-time.

Babies named Aleksi, 2025

1 in 474,000

Aleksi over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Aleksi over time

In 2025, Aleksi went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19962025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Aleksi: meaning, origin, and history

Helper, defender

Ancient Greek

What Aleksi means

Aleksi means “helper, defender”, associated with Ắlexĭs.

Origin, language, and formation

Aleksi is used in Finnish. Its origins include Ancient Greek.

Aleksi comes through Latin Alexius and Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓λέξῐος.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Aleksanteri.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Aleksi is pronounced /ˈɑleksi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 97 boys were recorded with the name Aleksi between 1996 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2023; its best national rank was #7,150 in 1996.

In the United States, 28 girls were recorded with the name Aleksi between 1996 and 2014. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2001; its best national rank was #12,116 in 2001.

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 Aleksi?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 474,000
7 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 244,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#9,759
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
328,272 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Aleksi 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 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Aleksi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Aleksis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Aleksi was born before 2013 — so the typical Aleksi is around 12 today.

Median birth year
2013
About 12 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
35.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
92.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
97
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2000s — 35.1% of all recorded uses (34).

Is Aleksi 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
70.0%
Peak was 2023 (10)
Years since peak
2
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
37.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#7,150
1996

Spellings of Aleksi

Aleksi is not the most common spelling — Alek is, with 39.2% against Aleksi's 0.83%.

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.

Aleksi around the world

Where Aleksi 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
    1996–2021
    #4,789
    in 2021
  • France
    1991–2022
    #7,259
    in 2022
  • Canada
    2003–2021
    #2,357
    in 2021

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Aleksi by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#9,759
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#7,150
1996
Peak year
2023
10 that year
First recorded
1996
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
97
Count in 2025
7

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#12,116
2001
Peak year
2001
7 that year
First recorded
1996
Last recorded
2014
All-time count
28
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Aleksi

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

AlessoAlekaiAlericAlekiAlephAlejosAlegendAlexesAleksaAlexeyAleksyAlexiosAleksejAlexiaAleoAlexusAlexizAlexioAlecxisAlexieAlekseiAlexiusAleksAlem

Sibling names for Aleksi

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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