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Sikandar

#13,608 in 2025Boys' name

To defend + man, through Iskandar

Sikandar has been given to 10 babies in the U.S. since 2023. In 2025 it ranked #13,608 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Sikandar, 2025

1 in 663,000

Sikandar over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Sikandar: meaning, origin, and history

To defend + man, through Iskandar

Ancient Greek, Arabic and Persian

What Sikandar means

Sikandar belongs to the name family reached through Sikandar → Iskandar → Alexander. Its meaning is “to defend + man”.

Origin, language, and formation

Sikandar is used in English. Its origins include Ancient Greek, Arabic and Persian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Iskandar and Alexander.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 10 boys were recorded with the name Sikandar between 2023 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2023; its best national rank was #13,608 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 Sikandar?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#13,608
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Sikandar 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 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sikandar. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sikandars were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sikandar was born before 2023 — so the typical Sikandar is around 2 today.

Median birth year
2023
About 2 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
10
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2020s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (10).

Is Sikandar 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
100.0%
Peak was 2023 (5)
Years since peak
2
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Not enough data
Too few years
Best rank ever
#13,608
2025

Sikandar around the world

Where Sikandar 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
    1996–2024
    #3,689
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Sikandar by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#13,608
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#13,608
2025
Peak year
2023
5 that year
First recorded
2023
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
10
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Sikandar

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

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Sibling names for Sikandar

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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