Alexandru

#8,275 in 2025Boys' name

The man who repels [enemies], through Alejandro

Alexandru has been given to 614 babies in the U.S. since 1981. In 2025 it ranked #8,275 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2006, with 34 recorded.

Babies named Alexandru, 2025

1 in 368,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Alexandru: meaning, origin, and history

The man who repels [enemies], through Alejandro

Ancient Greek

What Alexandru means

Alexandru belongs to the name family reached through Alexandru → Alejandro. Its meaning is “the man who repels [enemies]”.

Origin, language, and formation

Alexandru is used in Asturian and Romanian. Its origins include Ancient Greek.

Alexandru comes through Spanish Alejandro, Latin Alexander and Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Alexandro, Alexander and Alejandro.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Asturian, Alexandru is pronounced /aleˈʃandɾu/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 614 boys were recorded with the name Alexandru between 1981 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 34 in 2006; its best national rank was #3,154 in 2006.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,305 in 2020 to #8,275 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,985 in 2015 to #8,275 in 2025.

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 Alexandru?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 368,000; 9 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 190,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #8,275; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 255,323 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Alexandru 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 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Alexandru. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Alexandrus were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Alexandru was born before 2009 — so the typical Alexandru is around 16 today.

Median birth year: 2009; About 16 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 39.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 83.6%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 614; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 39.6% of all recorded uses (243).

Is Alexandru 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: +4,152; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: −1,970; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −4,290; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.35×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 26.5%; Peak was 2006 (34)
Years since peak: 19; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 29.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,154; 2006

Spellings of Alexandru

Alexandru is not the most common spelling — Alexander is, with 81.8% against Alexandru's 0.07%.

Alexander81.8%736,123
Alejandro16.3%146,624
Alexandro0.78%6,998
Alexandre0.58%5,244
Alexandros0.20%1,775
Alexandra0.10%869
Alexandar0.08%681
Alexandru0.07%614

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 Alexandru is used

Across 1910–2025, Alexandru was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 824,079 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in —
2Florida1 in —
3Illinois1 in —
4Michigan1 in —
5New York1 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. Alexandru has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Alexandru around the world

Where Alexandru 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
#658
in 2025
Scotland
2015–2023
#533
in 2023
Ireland
1999–2025
#402
in 2025
France
1996–2025
#1,418
in 2025
Norway
1880–2014
#515
in 2014
Canada
1991–2022
#2,959
in 2022
South Australia
1990–2002
#606
in 2002

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

Alexandru by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #8,275
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 1,970
Best rank ever: #3,154; 2006
Peak year: 2006; 34 that year
First recorded: 1981
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 614
Count in 2025: 9

Names similar to Alexandru

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

Sibling names for Alexandru

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

Jazmyne Taniya Rhianna Sydnee Lesli Jaiden Shakira Madisen

For a brother

Kale Keven Zakary Nathen Garret Samual Donavon Shamar

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