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Alexandr

#6,821 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

I defend + man

Alexandr has been given to 794 babies in the U.S. since 1987. In 2025 it ranked #6,821 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2005, with 25 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 62% boys, 38% girls all-time.

Babies named Alexandr, 2025

1 in 276,000

Alexandr over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Alexandr over time

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

19872025

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.

Alexandr: meaning, origin, and history

I defend + man

Ancient Greek

What Alexandr means

Alexandr means “I defend + man”, associated with aléxō and anḗr.

Origin, language, and formation

Alexandr is used in Czech. Its origins include Ancient Greek.

Alexandr comes through Old Czech Alexander, Latin Alexander and Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Alexander.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Czech, Alexandr is pronounced [ˈalɛksandr̩].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 493 boys were recorded with the name Alexandr between 1987 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 25 in 2005; its best national rank was #3,616 in 1989.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #9,604 in 2020 to #6,821 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,294 in 2015 to #6,821 in 2025.

In the United States, 301 girls were recorded with the name Alexandr between 1989 and 1989. Its highest annual count was 301 in 1989; its best national rank was #677 in 1989.

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 Alexandr?

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
#6,821
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
191,493 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Alexandr 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 Alexandr. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Alexandrs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Alexandr was born before 2007 — so the typical Alexandr is around 18 today.

Median birth year
2007
About 18 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
31.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
70.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
493
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 31.8% of all recorded uses (157).

Is Alexandr 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
+3,118
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+2,783
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,527
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.71×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
48.0%
Peak was 2005 (25)
Years since peak
20
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
23.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,616
1989

Spellings of Alexandr

Alexandr is not the most common spelling — Alexander is, with 80.9% against Alexandr's 0.05%.

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 Alexandr is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Alexandr was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,011,028 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —
  3. 3Washington1 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. Alexandr has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Alexandr is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Alexandr was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 41,549 across all states with data.

22 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Alexandr has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Alexandr around the world

Where Alexandr 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
    2009–2022
    #4,790
    in 2022
  • Ireland
    2010–2010
    #720
    in 2010
  • France
    2010–2023
    #4,166
    in 2023
  • Canada
    2005–2022
    #2,602
    in 2022
  • South Australia
    2012–2012
    #771
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, 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. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Alexandr by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,821
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,783
Best rank ever
#3,616
1989
Peak year
2005
25 that year
First recorded
1987
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
493
Count in 2025
12

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#677
1989
Peak year
1989
301 that year
First recorded
1989
Last recorded
1989
All-time count
301
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Alexandr

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

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Sibling names for Alexandr

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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