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Alexander
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- Alexander 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Alejandro 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Alexandre 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Alessandro 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Aleksander 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Aleksandr 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Alexandro 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Sandor 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇨🇦
- Aleksandar 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Alexandru 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇨🇦
- Alexandros 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Oleksandr 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Aleczander 🇺🇸
- Alekzander 🇺🇸🇨🇦
- Alesandro 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷
- Alexandr 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Alexsandro 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷
2,468,701births recorded
31Countries
17Variants
1994Peak · Québec
#1Bulgaria 2025
Alexander is a boy name family recorded 2,468,701 times in 31 countries since 1880. It ranks highest today in Bulgaria (#1 in 2025). Its all-time peak was in Québec in 1994, at 2,582.1 births per 100,000. Elsewhere it is mostly given as Alejandro (Argentina, Spain), Alexandre (France), Alessandro (Italy).
Popularity by country
Births per 100,000 newborns, all forms of the name combined.
Which form wins where
Births per 100,000 newborns for each form, in the selected country.
Rank in countries that publish top lists only
All forms of Alexander
| Variants | Language | Total births | Country | Latest rank | Peak year | 10-year trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander | German | 740,668 | 🇺🇸 United States | #30 | 1993 | ▼ 45 % |
| Alexander | German | 86,796 | 🏴 England & Wales | #40 | 1996 | ▼ 44 % |
| Alexander | German | 40,037 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #25 | 1993 | ▼ 52 % |
| Alexander | German | 39,332 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | #86 | 2013 | ▲ 51 % |
| Alexander | German | 34,972 | 🇦🇹 Austria | #17 | 1995 | ▼ 40 % |
| Alexander | German | 20,780 | 🇦🇺 New South Wales | #22 | 2014 | – |
| Alejandro | Spanish | 274,303 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | #172 | 1971 | ▼ 55 % |
| Alejandro | Spanish | 147,470 | 🇺🇸 United States | #195 | 2001 | ▼ 11 % |
| Alejandro | Spanish | 111,295 | 🇪🇸 Spain | #8 | 2002 | – |
| Alejandro | Spanish | 11,644 | 🇺🇾 Montevideo (Uruguay) | #77 | 1971 | ▼ 61 % |
| Alejandro | Spanish | 9,425 | 🇪🇸 Catalonia | #37 | 2001 | ▼ 25 % |
| Alejandro | Spanish | 755 | 🇫🇷 France | #1437 | 2015 | ▼ 21 % |
| Alexandre | French | 306,225 | 🇫🇷 France | #87 | 1993 | ▼ 49 % |
| Alexandre | French | 37,410 | 🇨🇦 Québec | #126 | 1994 | ▼ 74 % |
| Alexandre | French | 7,891 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | #140 | 1996 | ▼ 52 % |
| Alexandre | French | 5,389 | 🇺🇸 United States | #2145 | 2003 | ▼ 33 % |
| Alexandre | French | 3,139 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #1123 | 1993 | ▼ 82 % |
| Alexandre | French | 2,324 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | #194 | 2001 | ▼ 44 % |
| Alessandro | Italian | 197,587 | 🇮🇹 Italy | #4 | 2004 | – |
| Alessandro | Italian | 12,002 | 🇺🇸 United States | #497 | 2025 | ▲ 83 % |
| Alessandro | Italian | 4,180 | 🇫🇷 France | #566 | 2012 | ▼ 30 % |
| Alessandro | Italian | 3,178 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | #121 | 2000 | ▼ 41 % |
| Alessandro | Italian | 2,538 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | #799 | 2003 | ▼ 20 % |
| Alessandro | Italian | 1,881 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | #361 | 2000 | ▼ 16 % |
| Aleksander | Polish | 113,138 | 🇵🇱 Poland | #5 | 2021 | ▲ 35 % |
| Aleksander | Polish | 4,166 | 🇺🇸 United States | #1425 | 2014 | ▼ 2 % |
| Aleksander | Polish | 2,707 | 🏴 England & Wales | #462 | 2019 | ▼ 29 % |
| Aleksander | Polish | 1,353 | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | #60 | 1992 | ▼ 22 % |
| Aleksander | Polish | 441 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | #348 | 2012 | ▼ 40 % |
| Aleksander | Polish | 396 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #1517 | 2015 | ▼ 63 % |
| Aleksandr | English | 57,703 | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | #89 | 1990 | ▼ 52 % |
| Aleksandr | English | 13,029 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | #1 | 2011 | – |
| Aleksandr | English | 1,675 | 🇺🇸 United States | #2833 | 2016 | ▼ 5 % |
| Aleksandr | English | 276 | 🏴 England & Wales | #2437 | 2013 | ▼ 52 % |
| Aleksandr | English | 148 | 🇵🇱 Poland | #305 | 2024 | ▲ 333 % |
| Aleksandr | English | 95 | 🇫🇷 France | #3945 | 2014 | new |
| Alexandro | Spanish | 6,998 | 🇺🇸 United States | #2641 | 2004 | ▼ 41 % |
| Alexandro | Spanish | 2,789 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | #926 | 2002 | ▼ 57 % |
| Alexandro | Spanish | 680 | 🇫🇷 France | #1864 | 2018 | ▼ 6 % |
| Alexandro | Spanish | 133 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | – | 2012 | – |
| Alexandro | Spanish | 99 | 🇺🇾 Montevideo (Uruguay) | – | 1974 | – |
| Alexandro | Spanish | 38 | 🏴 England & Wales | – | 2005 | – |
| Sandor | Swedish | 4,754 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | #61 | 2016 | – |
| Sandor | Swedish | 928 | 🇺🇸 United States | – | 1970 | – |
| Sandor | Swedish | 50 | 🇫🇷 France | – | 2024 | – |
| Sandor | Swedish | 29 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | – | 2011 | – |
| Sandor | Swedish | 29 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | – | 2020 | – |
| Sandor | Swedish | 12 | 🏴 England & Wales | – | 2018 | – |
| Aleksandar | Slovene | 1,437 | 🇺🇸 United States | #4707 | 2005 | ▼ 50 % |
| Aleksandar | Slovene | 1,136 | 🇦🇹 Austria | #196 | 2010 | ▼ 34 % |
| Aleksandar | Slovene | 680 | 🇫🇷 France | – | 1975 | – |
| Aleksandar | Slovene | 656 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | #448 | 2003 | ▼ 30 % |
| Aleksandar | Slovene | 602 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #1517 | 1997 | ▼ 47 % |
| Aleksandar | Slovene | 413 | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | – | 2014 | – |
| Alexandru | Romanian | 1,700 | 🏴 England & Wales | #658 | 2019 | ▼ 30 % |
| Alexandru | Romanian | 675 | 🇫🇷 France | #1418 | 2018 | ▲ 5 % |
| Alexandru | Romanian | 614 | 🇺🇸 United States | #8243 | 2014 | ▼ 61 % |
| Alexandru | Romanian | 335 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | #500 | 2019 | ▲ 38 % |
| Alexandru | Romanian | 255 | 🇨🇦 Québec | – | 2000 | – |
| Alexandru | Romanian | 243 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | #402 | 2023 | ▲ 74 % |
How we grouped these names
- Alexander ↔ Alexandre — checked by hand
- Alexander ↔ Alejandro — checked by hand
- Alexander ↔ Alessandro — checked by hand
- Alexander ↔ Aleksandr — checked by hand
- Alexander ↔ Alexandru — checked by hand
- Alexander ↔ Aleksandar — checked by hand
- Alexander ↔ Oleksandr — checked by hand
- Alexander ↔ Aleksander — checked by hand
- Alexander ↔ Alexandros — checked by hand
- Alexander ↔ Alexandr — checked by hand
- Alexander ↔ Sandor — checked by hand
- Alexandre ↔ Alexandro — verified against linguistic sources
- Alexandro ↔ Alexsandro — Wikidata “said to be the same as”
- Aleksander ↔ Aleczander — spelling variant
Questions about Alexander
How popular is the name Alexander?
In 2025 it ranked #1 in Bulgaria. Official registers record 2,468,701 births across 31 countries.
What is Alexander in other languages?
Alejandro (Spanish); Alexandre (French); Alessandro (Italian); Aleksander (Polish); Aleksandr (English); Alexandro (Spanish); Sandor (Swedish); Aleksandar (Slovene); Alexandru (Romanian); Alexandros (German).
When was Alexander most popular?
It peaked in Québec in 1994, at 2,582.1 births per 100,000.
Is Alexander a boy or a girl name?
In official birth registers, Alexander is a boy name.