Boys' name · since 1984
Alixander
288 babies named Alixander in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,808 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,994 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 288
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
Alixander currently ranks #9994 among boys' names in America, with 288 babies recorded since 1984.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alixander has been recorded 288 times among boys since 1984, currently ranked #9994 nationally and more common than 28% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2025.
- #10,808 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,994 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 288 born since 1984
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alixander ranks #10,808 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,994 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 288 born since 1984, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,808 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,994 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 288
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
Alixander's 288 recorded births place it above 76.18% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Alixander compares
288 45th percentile among 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
Alixander's all-time total is 22% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alixander | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 288 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Alixander's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Alixander splits its recorded history at 2007: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1984 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2005 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Alixander popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Alixander by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (116 births, 40% of the file).
2000s was Alixander's strongest decade.
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Alixander births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
67 births
- 2000s
2000s
116 births
- 2010s
2010s
78 births
- 2020s 22
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 116 births (40% of all-time use).
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What to do with Alixander's data
- Alixander's decade-level peak was the 2000s (116 total births); usage has since declined to 22 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 Alixander: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1984–2025 (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 Alixander 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.