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Alexandre

#2,148 in 2025Boys' name

To repel, through Ἀλέξανδρος

Alexandre has been given to 5,389 babies in the U.S. since 1915. In 2025 it ranked #2,148 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2003, with 173 recorded.

Babies named Alexandre, 2025

1 in 49,500

Alexandre over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Alexandre: meaning, origin, and history

To repel, through Ἀλέξανδρος

French, Portuguese and Ancient Greek

What Alexandre means

Alexandre belongs to the name family reached through Alexandre → Alexandre → Alexandre → Ἀλέξανδρος. Its meaning is “to repel”.

Origin, language, and formation

Alexandre is used in English, Catalan, French, Old Galician-Portuguese and Portuguese. Its origins include French, Portuguese and Ancient Greek.

Alexandre comes through French Alexandre and Portuguese Alexandre.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Alexander, Alessandro, Alexandre and Ἀλέξανδρος.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Catalan, Alexandre is pronounced [ə.ləɡˈzan.dɾə].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,244 boys were recorded with the name Alexandre between 1915 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 173 in 2003; its best national rank was #891 in 1993.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,679 in 2020 to #2,148 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,491 in 2015 to #2,148 in 2025.

In the United States, 145 girls were recorded with the name Alexandre between 1982 and 2007. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1989; its best national rank was #5,839 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 Alexandre?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 49,500
67 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 25,500
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,148
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
34,298 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Alexandre 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 5001%

Put another way: gather 34,298 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Alexandre. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Alexandres were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Alexandre was born before 2001 — so the typical Alexandre is around 24 today.

Median birth year
2001
About 24 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
28.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
52.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
5,222
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 28.1% of all recorded uses (1,472).

Is Alexandre 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
−50
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−469
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−657
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.60×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
38.7%
Peak was 2003 (173)
Years since peak
22
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#891
1993

Spellings of Alexandre

Alexandre is not the most common spelling — Alexander is, with 81.7% against Alexandre's 0.58%.

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 Alexandre is used

Across 2016–2025, Alexandre was most concentrated in District of Columbia — about 1 in 7,143 boys, against 1 in 18,823 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

114 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1District of Columbia1 in 7,143
  2. 2New York1 in 11,111
  3. 3Massachusetts1 in 12,500
  4. 4California1 in 14,286
  5. 5Florida1 in 14,286
  6. 6New Jersey1 in 33,333
  7. 7Texas1 in 33,333
  8. 8Pennsylvania1 in 100,000

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.

Alexandre around the world

Where Alexandre 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
    1996–2025
    #1,897
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1991–2021
    #720
    in 2021
  • Northern Ireland
    2013–2013
    #398
    in 2013
  • Ireland
    2007–2025
    #829
    in 2025
  • France
    1900–2025
    #87
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #391
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1971–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA 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.

Notable people named Alexandre

People whose public names include Alexandre, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Alexandre in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Alexandre. Linked forms have their own page here.

AlexAleksSandroAlexandrAlejandroAleksandrAlexanderAlexandruOleksandrAleksandarAleksandrsAlessandroSándorLisàndarLissanderAleksandroAlexandresAliaksandrAlissandruAleksandrasAleksanteri

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Alexandre by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,148
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 469
Best rank ever
#891
1993
Peak year
2003
173 that year
First recorded
1915
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,244
Count in 2025
67

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#5,839
1989
Peak year
1989
14 that year
First recorded
1982
Last recorded
2007
All-time count
145
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Alexandre

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

AlexandroAlexavierAleksanderAlexzanderAleksandrAlessandroAlexandrosAleksandarAlexandruAlexsanderAleczanderAlekzanderAlessioAlesandroAleisterDeondreAlexandraAlexandrKeandreAlexandarAlejandroAlejandraAlexeiAlexxander

Names with a curve like Alexandre

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Alexandre, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

KalenDeshaunHernanJuancarlosFredyJoseluisMarkellBraulioMaximillianDeseanTyshawnDemetri

Sibling names for Alexandre

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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