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Alexander

Pronounced /ˌælɪɡˈzændɚ/

Rank in 2024
#10,206
Born in 2024
10
Peak year
1988 · #605
Origin
Ancient Greek
Also recorded for boys:7,517 in 2024 (#27)

1880 to 2024

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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 10 girls were named Alexander, about 1 in every 161,319.
  • It peaked in 1988 with 331 babies, ranked #605.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1909.
  • 4,531 girls have been named Alexander since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Alexander per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 90 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 53 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 110 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 408 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 2,679 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen Z: 963 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 228 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Middle English Alexander, Alexandre, from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “to defend”) + ἀνδρ- (andr-), the stem of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). Doublet of Alastair, Alejandro, Iskandar, Sikandar, Alessandro, and Alexandre.

  • A male given name from Ancient Greek, most famously held by Alexander the Great.
Origin
Ancient Greek
Say it
/ˌælɪɡˈzændɚ/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Alexander, CC BY-SA 4.0.