Alexander
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Alexander
Alexander has been in a Top 25 boys' name in the US for 30 years now. But namers are still attracted to its imposing historic pedigree.
Alexander for boys#30 US
Alexander is derived from the Greek name Aléxandros, composed of the elements aléxein, meaning "to defend," and aner, meaning "man."
According to Greek legend, the first Alexander was Paris, who was given the nickname Alexander by the shepherds whose flocks he defended against robbers. He was followed by Alexander the Great, aka Alexander III, who conquered much of Asia.
A royal name in Scotland, Alexander is still highly popular there. In Gaelic, the name became Alasdair; in Spain, Alejandro; and in Italy, Alessandro.
The noble Alexander has led to the popularity of many spinoffs, such as Alex, Zander, Xan and Zan, along with female versions such as Alexandra, Alexis, and the unfortunate Alexa.
Among the many notable Alexanders in history, standouts are Hamilton, Graham Bell, Fleming, Pope and Haig.
Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber's Alexander is known as Sasha.
Alexander for girls#7502 US
Alexandra, Alexa, and Lexi are more commonly used as feminine forms of this classic name, but Alexander has been appearing in the US stats for girls since the early 20th-century. While a some of these cases are certainly been down to data-entry errors, more recent uses of the name may reflect the trend of "boys-names-for-girls", with James, Maxwell, Ryan, and Wyatt also being considered.
Given to 10 girls in a recent count, it peaked back in the 80s when as many as 330 were given the name. It is however more common to see it in the middle spot for girls, likely as a direct honor for an Alexander.
Pronounced al-ig-ZAN-dur.
As of October 2026, Alexander ranked #30 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #4 in 2009, Nameberry popularity #86.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #8 | 15,444 | #4,358 | 33 |
| 2015 | #8 | 14,583 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #11 | 13,445 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #13 | 12,574 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #11 | 12,109 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #10 | 11,325 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #10 | 10,262 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #13 | 9,418 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #17 | 8,744 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #22 | 7,909 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #27 | 7,517 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #30 | 7,230 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Alexander on lists
Famous Alexanders
- Alexander the GreatBoy
Macedonian conqueror
- Alexander I and IIBoy
Emperors of Russia
- AlexanderBoy
King of Greece
- Alexander IBoy
III, Kings of Scotland
- AlexanderBoy
King of Yugoslavia
- WillemBoy
Alexander Claus George Ferdinand of Orange,Nassau, King of the Netherlands
- Alexander Graham BellBoy
Scottish inventor of the telephone
- Alexander HamiltonBoy
Revolutionary War general, first Secretary of the Treasury and American Founding Father
- (Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich) Alexander von HumboldtBoy
German biogeographer
- Alexander CalderBoy
American sculptor
- Alexander William GaskarthBoy
American singer of pop/punk band All Time Low
- Alexander LudwigBoy
Canadian actor
- Alexander Meigs HaigBoy
United States general and Secretary of State
- Alexander PopeBoy
English poet
- Alexander Rae "Alec" BaldwinBoy
American actor
- Alexander Johan Hjalmar SkarsgardBoy
Swedish actor
- AlexanderBoy
Jewish leader (Acts 4:6)
- Alexander Cameron RutherfordBoy
Canadian politician; 1st Premier of Alberta
- AlexanderBoy
Bishop of Lincoln
- Alexander Igoryevich RybakBoy
Belarusian,Norwegian singer,songwriter
- Alexander Jerome GouldBoy
American voice actor
- Alexander David "Alex" TurnerBoy
English lead singer of Arctic Monkeys
- Alexander David "Alex" LinzBoy
American actor
- Alexander PedenBoy
Scottish Covenanter preacher
- Alexander James "AJ" McLeanBoy
American singer of the Backstreet Boys
- Alexander ArmstrongBoy
English comedian and presenter
- Alexander MastersBoy
English author
- Alexander DimmiBoy
Yugoslavian singer
- Alexander KapranosBoy
lead singer of Scottish band Franz Ferdinand
- Alexander "Alex" HirschBoy
creator of Disney cartoon "Gravity Falls" and Actually Satan
- Miss J. AlexanderBoy
runway coach on "America's Next Top Model"
- Alexander InstøyBoy
member of Norwegian boy band The Main Level
- Alexander Vail "Alex" EcksteinBoy
American child actor; triplet brother of Benjamin and Caleb
- Alexander Grigoryevich LukashenkoBoy
President of Belarus
- Alexander MassialasBoy
American fencer
- Alexander GamelinBoy
American,born ice dancer who represents South Korea
- Alexander Johan Hjalmar SkarsgårdBoy
Swedish actor
- Alexander Thomas "Alex" CastleBoy
German music producer of "Twoloud"
- Alexander Timothy "Alex" MarshallBoy
American musician of rock band "The Cab"
- Alexander Biehn (b. 2003)Boy
son of actor Michael Biehn
- Alexander Puck (b. 2006)Boy
son of celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck
- Alexander "Sasha" Pete Schrieber (b. 2007)Boy
son of actors Liev Schrieber and Naomi Watts
- Alexander David Conrod (b. 2010)Boy
son of journalist and TV personality Nina García
- Alexander "Zander" Rafahi MehranBoy
III (b. 2011), son of model Maggie Rizer
- Alexander "Jack" John Buckley Ford (b. 2012)Boy
son of fashion designer Tom Ford
- Alexander Frost Brown (b. 2014)Boy
son of country music singer Zac Brown
- Prince Alexander Erik Hubertus Bertil of SwedenBoy
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)Boy
son of actor George Clooney and Amal Clooney; twin of sister Ella
- Talus Alexander MerazBoy
son of actor Alex Meraz
- Alexander Gere (b. 2019)Boy
son of American actor Richard Gere & Spanish publicist Alejandra Silva
- Alexander "Alex" AdamBoy
English singer/gitarist of ROAM
- Alexander "Alex" CostelloBoy
English singer of ROAM
- Alexander "Sascha" ZverevBoy
German tennis player
- Alexander J. NewallBoy
creator of Rusty Quill, story editor on "The Magnus Archives"
- Alexander AlbonBoy
Thai-British Formula 1 driver
- Alexander Mikhailovich OvechkinBoy
Russian ice hockey player
- Alexander Stanislavovich RomanovBoy
Russian ice hockey player
Alexander in pop culture
- Alexander RozhenkoBoy
Worf's son on TV's "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
- Alexander SaxtonBoy
character in "Horror Express"
- Dr. Alexander "Alex" KarevBoy
character on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"
- Alexander "Xander" HarrisBoy
main character on TV's "Buffy The Vampire Slayer"
- Alexander "Alec" LightwoodBoy
character in 'The Mortal Instruments Series by Cassandra Clare
- Alexander AshfordBoy
character in the Resident Evil video game series
- Alexander von BrennenburgBoy
character in video game "Amnesia: The Dark Descent"
- Alexander "Alex" MercerBoy
character in video game series Prototype
- Sir Alexander Dane/Dr. LazarusBoy
character in movie "Galaxy Quest"
- Alexander SzukalskiBoy
character from "Night Trains" by Barbara Wood
- Alexander GothBoy
character in "The Sims"
- Alexander CrossBoy
character in "The Sims"
- Alexander "Alex" SummersBoy
also known as Havok, character in Marvel Universe
- Alexander Goodwin PierceBoy
character in Marvel Universe
- Alexander Joseph "Lex" LuthorBoy
character in DC Universe
- Alexander KnoxBoy
character in DC Universe
- AlexanderBoy
a maleficent, ancient deity in the video game Final Fantasy XI
- "Alexander and the TerribleBoy
Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day," children's book by Judith Viorst and 2014 movie
- Alexander DeLargeBoy
main character in "A Clockwork Orange" by Anthony Burgess
- Alexander “Alex” KatsopolisBoy
character on TV’s Full House and Fuller House
Variations & nicknames
More nicknames
- AleBoy
- AlexBoy
- LexBoy
- XanBoy
- XanderBoy
- AlBoy
- AllyBoy
- XandBoy
- ZanderBoy
- AlexiBoy
- AlexeiBoy
- AlecBoy
- AlecsanderBoy
- AlexandarBoy
- AlexsanderBoy
- AlexsandorBoy
- AlexxanderBoy
- AlexzanderBoy
- AlixBoy
- AlixanderBoy
- SandyBoy
- ZanBoy