Boys' name · since 1917
Alexsander
Alexsander has 1,266 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,410 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,312 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,266
- born since 1917
- 2000s
- peak decade
Alexsander currently ranks #8312 among boys' names in America, with 1,266 babies recorded since 1917.
Alexsander has 1,266 recorded births among boys since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8312 as of the latest data, more common than 40% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2025.
- #4,410 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,312 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,266 born since 1917
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alexsander ranks #4,410 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,312 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,266 born since 1917, peaking in the 2000s.
- #4,410 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,312 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,266
- born since 1917
- 2000s
- peak decade
Alexsander's 1,266 recorded births place it above 90.3% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Alexsander compares
1,266 Top 28% higher than 72% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Alexsander's all-time total is 3x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alexsander | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,266 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 76 | 34 | 22,252 |
Alexsander's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alexsander's full recorded timeline at 1998, 77% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 23% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1917, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 76 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alexsander popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 76
- Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
Alexsander by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (533 births, 42% of the file).
2000s was Alexsander's strongest decade.
533 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Alexsander births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 11
1910s
11 births
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
- 1970s 24
1970s
24 births
- 1980s 93
1980s
93 births
- 1990s 200
1990s
200 births
- 2000s
2000s
533 births
- 2010s
2010s
315 births
- 2020s 72
2020s
72 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 533 births (42% of all-time use).
How Alexsander compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Alexsander's total volume
Alexsander by state
Where Alexsander concentrates geographically, total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 220 | 17.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 76 | 6.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 33 | 2.6% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 20 | 1.6% |
| #5 | Washington | | 17 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 12 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Florida | | 7 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.4% |
220 of 1,266 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Alexsander's data
- Alexsander's decade-level peak was the 2000s (533 total births); usage has since declined to 72 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Alexsanders (220 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Alexsander: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~108 yrs)
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, 1917–2025 (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 Alexsander 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.