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Aleksander

boy name
Origin
Polish
Syllables
4
Peak era
2000s/2020s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

defender of mankind (Polish form of Alexander)

The story

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Aleksander across languages

One shared root links 18 names across 7 languages.

Shared root: from Greek Alexandros, "defender of men"; Alexander the Great’s fame and medieval stories helped spread the name in Europe

The constellation

AleksanderPolishAlexanderEnglishAlejandroSpanish
15 more branches of this family
AlexandraEnglish · feminine formAlexandriaEnglish · related formAlejandraSpanish · feminine formAlexandroSpanish · variantAlexEnglish · short formAlecScottish · short formAlexaEnglish · short formSashaRussian · diminutiveSandraItalian · short formSandyEnglish · diminutiveLexEnglish · short formLexiEnglish · diminutiveLexieEnglish · diminutiveXanderDutch · short formZanderEnglish · variant

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How popular is Aleksander around the world?

In the United States, 767 babies were named Aleksander between 2020 and 2025. In Poland, 4,687 boys named Aleksander were born in 2025, the 5th most common name among boys that year.

Aleksander is on the official records of the United States, Poland, Norway, Ireland, Scotland, Austria, England and Wales, Canada, Mexico City, Spain, Argentina and Brazil.

United States

1 in 28,000

In the United States, 767 babies were named Aleksander between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 2000s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Aleksander peaked in the 2000s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Poland

1 in 53

In Poland, 4,687 boys named Aleksander were born in 2025, the 5th most common name among boys that year.

2000peak 2021

share of that year’s name registrations

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Norway

1 in 560 · register 2026

In Norway, 50 boys were given the name Aleksander in 2025.

1945peak 19992025

share of the boys on the register for that year, SSB’s own figure

People who have or have had a Norwegian ID number, emigrants left out, from Statistics Norway’s name statistics (release of January 2026): by year of birth for 1945–2020 (everyone born that year who was ever registered in Norway, including people who registered later and people who have since died) and by year of naming from 2021; only first names carried by 200 or more living people are listed, counts under 4 are withheld, and SSB merges spellings that differ only by letters outside the Norwegian alphabet. The shares are SSB’s own, of the people of that sex and year in that count; the 2025 figure counts the children named that year, and no year is a count of births. Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), table 10467 (updated 2026-01-28)

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Ireland

1 in 4,900

In Ireland, 11 boys named Aleksander were born in 2025, the 348th most common name among boys that year.

2000peak 20122025

share of that year’s name registrations

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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Scotland

1 in 6,500

In Scotland, 7 boys named Aleksander were registered in 2024, the 432nd most common name among boys that year.

2000peak 20162024

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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Austria

1 in 6,900

In Austria, 11 boys named Aleksander were born in 2025, the 436th most common name among boys that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.

1984peak 2020

share of that year’s births on record

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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England and Wales

1 in 7,000

In England and Wales, 84 boys named Aleksander were born in 2025, the 462nd most common name among boys that year.

1996peak 2019

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Canada

1 in 23,000

In Canada, 16 boys named Aleksander were born in 2024, ranked 1,390th among boys that year.

1991peak 2017

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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Mexico City City

1 in 29,000

In Mexico City, there were 4 registrations of Aleksander in 2022.
The count never rose above 9 in a year, too few to chart.

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Spain

1 in 120,000

In Spain, 374 residents are named Aleksander, ranked 2,832nd among men, with a mean age of 21.2 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Argentina

1 in 130,000

In Argentina, 5 newborns were given the name Aleksander in 2024.
The count never rose above 9 in a year, too few to chart.

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Brazil

1 in 250,000

At the 2022 census, 903 people in Brazil were named Aleksander, ranked 8,874th, with a median age of 27.
Among people named Aleksander living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.

1960speak 1990s2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 30 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Chile

last on record 2020

Aleksander is not on the 2021 record for Chile, where nametree keeps the spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Montevideo City

last on record 2010

Aleksander is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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South Australia

last on record 2016

Aleksander is not on the 2017 record for South Australia, whose registry publishes every name given that year.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Not on the record in Puerto Rico and New Zealand: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.

Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown.

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When you meet Aleksander

Most people given the name Aleksander in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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