How Many People Are Named Alexander?
people named Alexander are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 505 people in the US has this name
Based on 740,668 babies named Alexander in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐⭐ Common
Peak Year
20,708 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Latinized form of the Greek name Αλεξανδρος (Alexandros), which meant "defending men" from Greek αλεξω (alexo) "to defend, help" and ανηρ (aner) "man" (genitive ανδρος). In Greek mythology this was another name of the hero Paris, and it also belongs to several characters in the New Testament. However, the most famous bearer was Alexander the Great, King of Macedon. In the 4th century BC he built a huge empire out of Greece, Egypt, Persia, and parts of India. Due to his fame, and later medieval tales involving him, use of his name spread throughout Europe.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Alexander, 0.6% were girls and 99.4% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Alexander alive today is about 25 years old, and 65% are under 30. Half of them were between 14 and 33 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Alexander first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1993, to 20,708 babies. In 2025, 7,244 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Alexander reached #4 among boys' names in 2009, and was in the top 10 in 10 years between 2008 and 2020. In 2025 it ranked #30.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #30 |
| Best rank | #4 (2009) |
| Years in the top 10 | 10 |
| Years in the top 100 | 77 (1880 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #23 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Alexander alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Alexander were born in California than in any other state: about 98,778 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Alexander was given 1.7 times as often in District of Columbia, 1.6 times in Connecticut and 1.6 times in Rhode Island.
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