Boys' name · since 2003
Alessander
Alessander has 98 recorded births since 2003 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2013 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,501 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 98
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alessander sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 98 recorded since 2003.
Alessander has 98 recorded births among boys since 2003, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2022.
- #17,501 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 98 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alessander ranks #17,501 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 98 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,501 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 98
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alessander's 98 recorded births place it above 61.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Alessander's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Alessander splits its recorded history at 2011: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2004 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2013 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Alessander popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2022
- Peak year (2013)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Alessander by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (51 births, 52% of the file).
2010s was Alessander's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Alessander births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
34 births
- 2010s
2010s
51 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 51 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Alessander's decade-level peak was the 2010s (51 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Alessander: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2003–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Alessander draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.