Aleksander

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Aleksander: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Aleksander: Recorded since 1953, it reached #26 in 1986, and it stood at #117 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
127times a registrar ranked it
73years from first to last
#26highest recorded position
31groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Aleksander's record

Held a top-100 place for 40 years running. Names by top-100 run

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1337
1997	#1578
1998	#1485
1999	#1850
2000	#1241
2001	#1286
2002	#1322
2003	#1771
2004	#1160
2005	#982
2006	#832
2007	#567
2008	#397
2009	#328
2010	#303
2011	#338
2012	#285
2013	#323
2014	#280
2015	#320
2016	#261
2017	#262
2018	#265
2019	#233
2020	#342
2021	#324
2022	#395
2023	#525
2024	#586

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 65 of the 73 years from 1953 to 2025.

In 2025: #117 among boys in Norway, #348 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1953–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1953
First recorded at #355 among boys in Norway in 1953 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1953–2025
Highest recorded position: #26 among boys in Norway, in 1986 (recorded 1953–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #117 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Aleksander appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 65 years beginning in 1953, and has registered 7,775 births with the name.

Aleksander across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Aleksander's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#355 (1953)	#26 (1986)	#117 (2025)	65 of 73	7,775 (1953–2025)	263 (1990)
England and Wales · Boys	#1337 (1996)	#233 (2019)	#586 (2024)	29 of 29	2,623 (1996–2024)	216 (2019)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#423 (2006)	#159 (2009)	#348 (2025)	20 of 20	441 (2006–2025)	41 (2012)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#378 (2008)	#250 (2017)	#414 (2022)	12 of 15	54 (2008–2022)	7 (2017)

Aleksander by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Aleksander in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	16	3 of 10	5
1960s	39	6 of 10	7
1970s	264	10 of 10	26
1980s	1,607	10 of 10	161
1990sbusiest	2,439	10 of 10	244
2000s	1,837	10 of 10	184
2010s	1,197	10 of 10	120
2020s	376	6 of 10	63

Across Norway · Boys, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 244 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1984 and 1985, when recorded births rose by 73, from 122 to 195.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Aleksander appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1953 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #26 in Norway in 1987.

Aleksander's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#586	65	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#525	74	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#395	107	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#324	141	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#342	131	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#233	216	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#265	192	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#262	204	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#261	202	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#320	146	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#280	169	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#323	130	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#285	163	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#338	128	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#303	147	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#328	121	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#397	94	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#567	54	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#832	30	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#982	22	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1160	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1771	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1322	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1286	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1241	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1485	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1578	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1337	9	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#414	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#374	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#334	4	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#283	6	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#250	7	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#315	5	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#261	6	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#339	4	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#329	4	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#378	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#117	50	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#101	60	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#103	63	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#104	58	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#95	67	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#76	78	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#72	103	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#79	98	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#68	114	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#81	103	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#63	136	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#78	106	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#74	114	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#62	135	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#63	140	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#56	148	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#52	163	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#57	153	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#35	203	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#36	204	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#39	172	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#45	162	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#42	179	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#39	190	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#36	200	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#38	211	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#31	256	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#39	212	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#37	231	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#36	224	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#30	255	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#34	239	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#30	250	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#29	258	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#32	251	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#29	263	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#30	236	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#32	236	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#26	244	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#26	240	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#37	195	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#62	122	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#63	126	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#89	88	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#137	56	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#126	64	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#133	56	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#199	32	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#190	33	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#243	20	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#211	26	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#210	29	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#231	22	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#257	19	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#317	13	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#298	14	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#549	4	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#421	7	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#374	9	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#466	5	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#356	9	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#440	5	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#386	5	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#352	6	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#355	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#348	11	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#350	11	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#276	17	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#414	8	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	17	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#229	21	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#172	33	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	23	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#218	25	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#221	25	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#193	30	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#219	26	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#163	41	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#201	29	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#169	40	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#159	39	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#219	24	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	9	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#432	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1953 and 2025, ranked in 65 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #26, first reached in 1986.

It held a top-100 place in 40 years, 40 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 263 births, registered in Norway in 1990.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 71 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Aleksa · #747, 11y
Aleksandar · #273, 56y
Aleksandr · #365, 48y
Aleksandra · #113, 63y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Nigel · #27, 69y
Rachael · #25, 61y
Jeanette · #23, 68y
Mathew · #29, 62y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Andre · #26, 74y
Gillian · #27, 68y
Josephine · #25, 71y
Nigel · #27, 69y

Aleksander was ranked #26 in Norway · Boys in 1986. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Aleksander and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Aleksander without appearing here.

Aleksander moved ahead of

Graeme Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1850 and #1281 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1241 and #2501.
Brent Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1771 and #1771 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1160 and #2304.
Kim Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1485 and #1367 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #1850 and #2943.
Graham Compare
In 2005 they stood at #982 and #954 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #832 and #1892.

Moved ahead of Aleksander

Ollie Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1578 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #1485 and #924.
Brodie Compare
In 2020 they stood at #271 and #342 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2021 that had become #414 and #271.
Albie Compare
In 2018 they stood at #283 and #416 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2019 that had become #312 and #178.
Theodore Compare
In 2013 they stood at #261 and #311 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2014 that had become #315 and #184.

Moved the opposite way to Aleksander

Arild Compare
Between 1953 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Aleksander went from #355 to #117 while Arild went from #22 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1953 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Aleksander went from #355 to #117 while Arne went from #7 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1953 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Aleksander went from #355 to #117 while Bjørn went from #3 to #56.
Dag Compare
Between 1953 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Aleksander went from #355 to #117 while Dag went from #37 to #426.

Moved the same way as Aleksander

Aksel Compare
Between 1953 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Aleksander went from #355 to #117 and Aksel from #162 to #25.
Daniel Compare
Between 1953 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Aleksander went from #355 to #117 and Daniel from #259 to #66.
David Compare
Between 1953 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Aleksander went from #355 to #117 and David from #147 to #88.
Edward Compare
Between 1953 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Aleksander went from #355 to #117 and Edward from #328 to #189.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1953 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #26 in Norway in 1987. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Aleksander

Aleksander at a glance

What stands out in Aleksander's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Aleksander across 4 official records

Aleksander by decade in Norway · Boys

Aleksander appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Aleksander

Aleksander and the names beside it

Aleksander moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Aleksander

Moved the opposite way to Aleksander

Moved the same way as Aleksander

Aleksander at a glance

What stands out in Aleksander's record

Aleksander across 4 official records

Aleksander by decade in Norway · Boys

Aleksander appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Aleksander

Aleksander and the names beside it

Aleksander moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Aleksander

Moved the opposite way to Aleksander

Moved the same way as Aleksander