Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Aleksandr

#3,499 most common boys' name of all time · #8,529 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1971–2025

Rank among boys
#3,499
Rank overall
#8,529 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
1,675
Since 2016
500
Peak year
2016 #2,002
Best rank
#2,002 2016
Girls Boys peak 72/yr
198020002020

Aleksandr first appears in 1971. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 44 44 #2,855
2024 — 56 56 #2,454
2023 — 47 47 #2,750
2022 — 39 39 #3,127
2021 — 44 44 #2,842
2020 — 39 39 #3,003
2019 — 44 44 #2,825
2018 — 51 51 #2,523
2017 — 64 64 #2,140
2016 — 72 72 #2,002
2015 — 52 52 #2,443
2014 — 61 61 #2,219
2013 — 55 55 #2,317
2012 — 50 50 #2,504
2011 — 60 60 #2,185
2010 — 62 62 #2,157
2009 — 44 44 #2,776
2008 — 48 48 #2,608
2007 — 42 42 #2,840
2006 — 37 37 #3,003
2005 — 41 41 #2,681
2004 — 33 33 #3,047
2003 — 29 29 #3,232
2002 — 29 29 #3,146
2001 — 52 52 #2,040
2000 — 31 31 #2,895
1999 — 37 37 #2,433
1998 — 47 47 #2,030
1997 — 40 40 #2,186
1996 — 29 29 #2,657
1995 — 39 39 #2,129
1994 — 36 36 #2,247
1993 — 22 22 #3,099
1992 — 30 30 #2,453
1991 — 25 25 #2,730
1990 — 28 28 #2,473
1989 — 12 12 #4,421
1988 — 10 10 #4,643
1987 — 9 9 #4,814
1986 — 10 10 #4,345
1985 — 8 8 #4,986
1984 — 6 6 #6,013
1983 — 7 7 #5,252
1982 — 7 7 #5,382
1980 — 9 9 #4,384
1979 — 7 7 #5,197
1978 — 5 5 #6,355
1976 — 6 6 #5,387
1975 — 6 6 #5,297
1974 — 9 9 #3,808
1971 — 5 5 #5,531