Alexander
Top 1000
On Nameberry
About Alexander
Variation of Alasdair
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #8 | 15,444 | 8,040.1 |
| 2015 | #8 | 14,583 | 7,608.2 |
| 2016 | #11 | 13,445 | 7,084.8 |
| 2017 | #13 | 12,574 | 6,793.2 |
| 2018 | #11 | 12,109 | 6,667.4 |
| 2019 | #10 | 11,325 | 6,311.9 |
| 2020 | #10 | 10,262 | 5,945.3 |
| 2021 | #13 | 9,418 | 5,383.3 |
| 2022 | #17 | 8,744 | 5,008 |
| 2023 | #22 | 7,909 | 4,623.6 |
| 2024 | #27 | 7,517 | 4,363 |
| 2025 | #30 | 7,230 | 4,232.8 |
World rankings
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Famous Alexanders
- Alexander the Great
Macedonian conqueror
- Alexander I and II
Emperors of Russia
- Alexander
King of Greece
- Alexander I
III, Kings of Scotland
- Alexander
King of Yugoslavia
- Willem
Alexander Claus George Ferdinand of Orange,Nassau, King of the Netherlands
- Alexander Graham Bell
Scottish inventor of the telephone
- Alexander Hamilton
Revolutionary War general, first Secretary of the Treasury and American Founding Father
- (Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich) Alexander von Humboldt
German biogeographer
- Alexander Calder
American sculptor
- Alexander William Gaskarth
American singer of pop/punk band All Time Low
- Alexander Ludwig
Canadian actor
- Alexander Meigs Haig
United States general and Secretary of State
- Alexander Pope
English poet
- Alexander Rae "Alec" Baldwin
American actor
- Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgard
Swedish actor
- Alexander
Jewish leader (Acts 4:6)
- Alexander Cameron Rutherford
Canadian politician; 1st Premier of Alberta
- Alexander
Bishop of Lincoln
- Alexander Igoryevich Rybak
Belarusian,Norwegian singer,songwriter
- Alexander Jerome Gould
American voice actor
- Alexander David "Alex" Turner
English lead singer of Arctic Monkeys
- Alexander David "Alex" Linz
American actor
- Alexander Peden
Scottish Covenanter preacher
- Alexander James "AJ" McLean
American singer of the Backstreet Boys
- Alexander Armstrong
English comedian and presenter
- Alexander Masters
English author
- Alexander Dimmi
Yugoslavian singer
- Alexander Kapranos
lead singer of Scottish band Franz Ferdinand
- Alexander "Alex" Hirsch
creator of Disney cartoon "Gravity Falls" and Actually Satan
- Miss J. Alexander
runway coach on "America's Next Top Model"
- Alexander Instøy
member of Norwegian boy band The Main Level
- Alexander Vail "Alex" Eckstein
American child actor; triplet brother of Benjamin and Caleb
- Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko
President of Belarus
- Alexander Massialas
American fencer
- Alexander Gamelin
American,born ice dancer who represents South Korea
- Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård
Swedish actor
- Alexander Thomas "Alex" Castle
German music producer of "Twoloud"
- Alexander Timothy "Alex" Marshall
American musician of rock band "The Cab"
- Alexander Biehn (b. 2003)
son of actor Michael Biehn
- Alexander Puck (b. 2006)
son of celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck
- Alexander "Sasha" Pete Schrieber (b. 2007)
son of actors Liev Schrieber and Naomi Watts
- Alexander David Conrod (b. 2010)
son of journalist and TV personality Nina García
- Alexander "Zander" Rafahi Mehran
III (b. 2011), son of model Maggie Rizer
- Alexander "Jack" John Buckley Ford (b. 2012)
son of fashion designer Tom Ford
- Alexander Frost Brown (b. 2014)
son of country music singer Zac Brown
- Prince Alexander Erik Hubertus Bertil of Sweden
Duke of Södermanland (b. 2016), son of Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, Duke of Värmland and Princess Sofia of Sweden, Duchess of Värmland
- Alexander Clooney (b. 2017)
son of actor George Clooney and Amal Clooney; twin of sister Ella
- Talus Alexander Meraz
son of actor Alex Meraz
- Alexander Gere (b. 2019)
son of American actor Richard Gere & Spanish publicist Alejandra Silva
- Alexander "Alex" Adam
English singer/gitarist of ROAM
- Alexander "Alex" Costello
English singer of ROAM
- Alexander "Sascha" Zverev
German tennis player
- Alexander J. Newall
creator of Rusty Quill, story editor on "The Magnus Archives"
- Alexander Albon
Thai-British Formula 1 driver
- Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin
Russian ice hockey player
- Alexander Stanislavovich Romanov
Russian ice hockey player
Alexander in pop culture
- Alexander Rozhenko
Worf's son on TV's "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
- Alexander Saxton
character in "Horror Express"
- Dr. Alexander "Alex" Karev
character on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"
- Alexander "Xander" Harris
main character on TV's "Buffy The Vampire Slayer"
- Alexander "Alec" Lightwood
character in 'The Mortal Instruments Series by Cassandra Clare
- Alexander Ashford
character in the Resident Evil video game series
- Alexander von Brennenburg
character in video game "Amnesia: The Dark Descent"
- Alexander "Alex" Mercer
character in video game series Prototype
- Sir Alexander Dane/Dr. Lazarus
character in movie "Galaxy Quest"
- Alexander Szukalski
character from "Night Trains" by Barbara Wood
- Alexander Goth
character in "The Sims"
- Alexander Cross
character in "The Sims"
- Alexander "Alex" Summers
also known as Havok, character in Marvel Universe
- Alexander Goodwin Pierce
character in Marvel Universe
- Alexander Joseph "Lex" Luthor
character in DC Universe
- Alexander Knox
character in DC Universe
- Alexander
a maleficent, ancient deity in the video game Final Fantasy XI
- "Alexander and the Terrible
Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day," children's book by Judith Viorst and 2014 movie
- Alexander DeLarge
main character in "A Clockwork Orange" by Anthony Burgess
- Alexander “Alex” Katsopolis
character on TV’s Full House and Fuller House
Variations & nicknames
- AlexeiRussian
- AlessandroItalian
- AlexiosGreek
- AlasdairScottish Gaelic
- SándorHungarian
- AlexioPortuguese
- SashaRussian
- SandroItalian
- AleksandrRussian
- ShuraRussian
- AlexandreFrench
- SanyaRussian
- AlexandrosGreek
- AlastarIrish Gaelic
- AlistairScottish Gaelic
- AlejandroSpanish
- AlexandruRomanian
