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Alexander

Boys' name · Millennial-era perennial

Living in the US
~678,200 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#30 among boys
Births in 2025
7,244 740,668 since 1880
Typical age
24 years, median

Alexander popularity over time

Alexander rank by birth year, 1880–2025Alexander ranked #73 in 1880 and #30 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #4, in 2009.#10#100#30best #4 in 200918901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

The high point was 1993: 20,708 births recorded as Alexander. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. Across the record, 77 years put Alexander in the top 100.

As of 2025 the name sits at #30, with 7,244 births that year. The ten-year change is -50%.

Babies named Alexander per yearPeaks at 20,708 births in 1993.20,708 in 1993018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Alexander?

Roughly 678,200 Alexanders are alive in the US right now. That is out of 740,668 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Alexander?

The typical living Alexander is 24 years old. More of them were born in the 1990s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Alexander a millennial-era perennial name.

Your Alexander

Ages of living people named AlexanderHalf of living Alexanders are older than 24 and half younger.median 24020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Alexander is most common

The name is concentrated in District of Columbia, at 2.3× the national rate. Wyoming, Rhode Island and Delaware follow.

Where Alexander is used more than average5 states use the name Alexander more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: 1.7× the national rateNVWyoming: 2.0× the national rateWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: 1.9× the national rateRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: 1.8× the national rateDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: 2.3× the national rateDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Alexander is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
District of Columbia 415 2.3×
Wyoming 133 2.0×
Rhode Island 333 1.9×
Delaware 300 1.8×
Nevada 1,067 1.7×

Alexander in England and Wales

ONS recorded 1,271 births named Alexander in 2025, ranking it #40. That is 33% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Alexander comes from

From Middle English Alexander,Alexandre, from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος, from ἀλέξω (“to defend”) + ἀνδρ-, the stem of ἀνήρ (“man”). Doublet of Alastair, Alejandro, Iskandar, Sikandar, Alessandro, Alexandre.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Alexander

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Alexander Graham Bell Canadian-American scientist inventor of telephone 1847–1922 161
Alexander von Humboldt Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer 1769–1859 140
Alexander Fleming Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate 1881–1955 135
Alexander Pope English poet 1688–1744 122
Alexander Hamilton American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804) 1757–1804 104
Alexander Van der Bellen President of Austria since 2017 1944 90
Alexander Dubček first Secretary of the Czechoslovak Communist Party 1921–1992 87
Alexander Rybak Norwegian singer, actor, violinist, composer, pianist 1986 72
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The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 426 in 1911 to 803 in 1912 — 1.9 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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