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.

Alexsander

#4,153 most common boys' name of all time · #10,186 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1917–2025

Rank among boys
#4,153
Rank overall
#10,186 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
1,266
Since 2016
155
Peak year
2009 #1,894
Best rank
#1,894 2009
Girls Boys peak 76/yr
192019401960198020002020

Alexsander first appears in 1917. 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 — 9 9 #8,319
2024 — 11 11 #7,315
2023 — 7 7 #9,858
2022 — 13 13 #6,519
2021 — 12 12 #6,745
2020 — 20 20 #4,730
2019 — 18 18 #5,179
2018 — 15 15 #5,806
2017 — 23 23 #4,348
2016 — 27 27 #3,893
2015 — 18 18 #5,103
2014 — 35 35 #3,171
2013 — 28 28 #3,678
2012 — 44 44 #2,727
2011 — 49 49 #2,512
2010 — 58 58 #2,242
2009 — 76 76 #1,894
2008 — 74 74 #1,936
2007 — 61 61 #2,190
2006 — 57 57 #2,229
2005 — 52 52 #2,271
2004 — 57 57 #2,080
2003 — 47 47 #2,281
2002 — 45 45 #2,304
2001 — 29 29 #3,076
2000 — 35 35 #2,635
1999 — 24 24 #3,306
1998 — 28 28 #2,869
1997 — 18 18 #3,768
1996 — 25 25 #2,938
1995 — 15 15 #4,105
1994 — 30 30 #2,517
1993 — 13 13 #4,501
1992 — 12 12 #4,628
1991 — 22 22 #2,933
1990 — 13 13 #4,232
1989 — 13 13 #4,088
1988 — 14 14 #3,578
1987 — 12 12 #3,798
1986 — 7 7 #5,480
1985 — 9 9 #4,451
1984 — 10 10 #4,008
1983 — 8 8 #4,615
1982 — 8 8 #4,712
1981 — 7 7 #5,115
1980 — 5 5 #6,500
1974 — 5 5 #5,435
1973 — 7 7 #4,200
1972 — 7 7 #4,129
1970 — 5 5 #4,995
1968 — 6 6 #3,881
1963 — 6 6 #3,867
1924 — 6 6 #4,224
1918 — 6 6 #4,093
1917 — 5 5 #4,397