boy's name

Aleksandar

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 10
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 3,130

Scotland

#871

2017 births

Aleksandar is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 21 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2005, when 56 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 157,878 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1967.

Aleksandar over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

448
'60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Aleksandar by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 5
1970s 97
1980s 115
1990s 232
2000s 448
2010s 394
2020s (to 2025) 146

How popular is Aleksandar?

In 2025, Aleksandar was given to 21 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Aleksandar is used

Scotland #871 3 in 2017
Ireland #977 3 in 2024
Canada #2,491 8 in 2024
England & Wales #2,608 9 in 2025
United States #4,818 21 in 2025
France #6,429 5 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Aleksandar

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Aleksandar also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Aleksandar over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Aleksandar in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Estonian
Aleksandr
Latvian
Aleksandrs
Lithuanian
Aleksandras
Polish
Aleks
Russian
Aleksandr
Slovene
Aleks
Ukrainian
Oleksandr

Sibling names for Aleksandar

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Aleksandar — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Aleksandar

How popular is the name Aleksandar?

In 2025, Aleksandar was given to 21 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Aleksandar a girl's or a boy's name?

Aleksandar is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Aleksandar most popular?

Aleksandar peaked in 2005, when 56 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Aleksandar a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Aleksandar currently ranks #2,491 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.