Aleksandr

maleStatistical record

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

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

Aleksandr: Recorded since 1964, it reached #365 in 1981, and it stood at #469 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
66times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#365highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2003–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#2470
2004	#1878
2005	#2754
2006	#1643
2007	#2741
2008	#1828
2009	#1981
2010	#1620
2011	#1788
2012	#1119
2013	#1063
2014	#1178
2015	#1159
2016	#1704
2017	#2172
2018	#1786
2019	#2728
2020	#2404
2021	#1688
2022	#3449
2023	#1906
2024	#2671

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 34 of the 61 years from 1964 to 2024.

In 2024: #469 among boys in Norway, #2671 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #470 among boys in Norway in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1964–2024
Highest recorded position: #365 among boys in Norway, in 1981 (recorded 1964–2024).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2671 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Aleksandr appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 34 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 200 births with the name.

Aleksandr across 3 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.

Aleksandr'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	#470 (1964)	#365 (1981)	#469 (2024)	34 of 61	200 (1964–2024)	11 (1980)
England and Wales · Boys	#2470 (2003)	#1063 (2013)	#2671 (2024)	22 of 22	267 (2003–2024)	25 (2013)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#596 (2006)	#572 (2018)	#755 (2021)	10 of 16	36 (2006–2021)	5 (2018)

Aleksandr 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 Aleksandr in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	15	3 of 10	5
1970s	51	10 of 10	5
1980sbusiest	83	10 of 10	8
1990s	17	3 of 10	6
2000s	4	1 of 10	4
2010s	26	6 of 10	4
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Aleksandr 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 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #365 in Norway in 1981.

Aleksandr'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	#2671	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1906	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1688	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2728	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1786	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2172	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1704	14	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1159	23	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1178	22	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1063	25	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1119	24	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1788	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1620	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1981	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1828	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1643	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1878	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#469	4	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#502	4	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#494	4	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#511	4	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#482	5	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#484	5	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#528	4	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#540	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#519	5	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#530	5	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#478	7	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#567	5	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#495	7	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#423	9	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#404	10	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#527	6	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#456	8	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#373	11	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#555	5	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#365	11	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#374	11	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#516	6	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#600	4	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#588	4	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#535	5	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#591	4	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#553	5	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#486	6	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#460	7	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#579	4	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#484	6	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#501	5	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#486	5	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#470	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#610	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#615	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified

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

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 48 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #365, first reached in 1981.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 42 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.

Aleksandar · #273, 56y
Aleksander · #26, 65y
Aleksandra · #113, 63y
Aleksandrs · #336, 35y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Adem · #368, 44y
Ammar · #362, 52y
Kamal · #360, 53y
Malika · #370, 44y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Georgios · #365, 51y
Juliana · #366, 48y
Coleen · #363, 26y
Leone · #363, 37y

Aleksandr was ranked #365 in Norway · Boys in 1981. 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.

Aleksandr 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 Aleksandr without appearing here.

Aleksandr moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3449 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1906 and #4991.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1906 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #5119.
Kim Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2741 and #2435 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1828 and #3687.
Jade Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2470 and #2470 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1878 and #3651.

Moved ahead of Aleksandr

Rune Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1688 and #2125 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3449 and #1609.
Gunnar Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1688 and #1860 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3449 and #1879.
Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1688 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3449 and #2018.
Harper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1643 and #2087 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #2741 and #2023.

Moved the opposite way to Aleksandr

Rune Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aleksandr went from #1878 to #2671 while Rune went from #3651 to #1460.
Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aleksandr went from #1643 to #2671 while Aksel went from #4052 to #1132.
Kim Compare
Between 2003 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Aleksandr went from #2470 to #1159 while Kim went from #2189 to #4747.
Morten Compare
Between 2003 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Aleksandr went from #2470 to #1159 while Morten went from #2189 to #4747.

Moved the same way as Aleksandr

Nils Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aleksandr went from #1878 to #2671 and Nils from #3009 to #4270.

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 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #365 in Norway in 1981. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Aleksandr

Aleksandr at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Aleksandr across 3 official records

Aleksandr by decade in Norway · Boys

Aleksandr appears in

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Aleksandr at a glance

Aleksandr across 3 official records

Aleksandr by decade in Norway · Boys

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Aleksandr moved ahead of

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