NameTides

Alexander

Alexander was the #30 boys' name in the US in 2025 (7,230 babies), and #40 in England & Wales and #42 in Canada.

Alexander as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Alexander as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesUSIrelandCanada
Alexander as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#30 (7,230)#40 (1,271)#22 (151)#48 (42)#55 (98)#42 (530)#22 (222)#28 (184)
2024#27 (7,547)#36 (1,365)#12 (208)#38 (51)#44 (127)#37 (557)#16 (253)#25 (200)
2023#22 (7,918)#34 (1,456)#15 (214)#70 (35)#48 (118)#33 (594)#18 (236)#17 (208)
2022#17 (8,757)#28 (1,651)#14 (230)#47 (53)#40 (149)#30 (657)#18 (271)#19 (216)
2021#13 (9,425)#27 (1,830)#10 (240)#29 (69)#43 (150)#28 (766)#17 (314)#22 (228)
2020#10 (10,268)#26 (1,909)#8 (252)#48 (53)#40 (144)#25 (822)#11 (344)#18 (238)
2019#10 (11,327)#21 (2,344)#11 (240)#30 (74)#36 (167)#23 (917)#12 (339)#12 (306)
2018#11 (12,110)#22 (2,517)#7 (294)#26 (82)#31 (206)#18 (1,043)#10 (370)#14 (253)
2017#13 (12,577)#22 (2,524)#8 (297)#30 (74)#39 (180)#18 (1,059)#10 (354)#11 (264)
2016#11 (13,446)#21 (2,567)#8 (302)#44 (68)#49 (160)#19 (1,089)#9 (386)#10 (262)
2015#8 (14,584)#22 (2,759)#5 (349)#46 (63)#46 (169)#16 (1,219)#11 (378)#12 (245)
2014#8 (15,449)#22 (2,978)#10 (309)#26 (92)#37 (211)#15 (1,235)#8 (456)#11 (269)
2013#8 (14,923)#24 (2,837)#7 (318)#48 (63)#39 (202)#14 (1,289)#13 (426)#14 (276)
2012#9 (15,259)#27 (2,836)#9 (327)#49 (66)#54 (161)#14 (1,314)#14 (432)#10 (313)
2011#8 (15,717)#23 (2,819)#7 (346)#58 (59)#49 (183)#13 (1,329)#16 (411)#17 (273)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1993 at #21.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 240 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 4. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 240common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 210common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 130very common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 200very common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 240common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 300common

Next year

On its recent trend, Alexander is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 260 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 250 to 1 in 260.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alexander by state, 2025Alaska: #21AKMaine: #66MEWisconsin: #50WIVermont: #102VTNew Hampshire: #55NHWashington: #32WAIdaho: #52IDMontana: #34MTNorth Dakota: #70NDMinnesota: #78MNIllinois: #23ILMichigan: #48MINew York: #19NYMassachusetts: #30MAOregon: #41ORNevada: #22NVWyoming: #54WYSouth Dakota: #94SDIowa: #57IAIndiana: #52INOhio: #50OHPennsylvania: #52PANew Jersey: #18NJConnecticut: #29CTRhode Island: #31RICalifornia: #16CAUtah: #71UTColorado: #35CONebraska: #43NEMissouri: #57MOKentucky: #40KYWest Virginia: #48WVVirginia: #27VAMaryland: #32MDDelaware: #82DEArizona: #19AZNew Mexico: #22NMKansas: #55KSArkansas: #73ARTennessee: #68TNNorth Carolina: #38NCSouth Carolina: #40SCDistrict of Columbia: #30DCOklahoma: #58OKLouisiana: #64LAMississippi: #70MSAlabama: #68ALGeorgia: #40GAHawaii: #31HITexas: #27TXFlorida: #21FL
Alexander (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#25282
Quebec2025#16137

Alexander (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AlexanderCanadaGirls—too few
AlexanderCanadaBoys#42530
AlexanderEngland & WalesBoys#401,271
AlexanderIrelandBoys#5598
AlexanderNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AlexanderNorthern IrelandBoys#4842
AlexanderNSWBoys#22222
AlexanderScotlandBoys#22151
AlexanderUSGirls#7,49114
AlexanderUSBoys#307,230
AlexanderVICBoys#28184