Alexander is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #43 for boy births in the United States, given to 7,244 babies. Alexander first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1993 (20,708 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7,244 | #43 |
| 2024 | 7,557 | #39 |
| 2023 | 7,929 | #32 |
| 2022 | 8,768 | #27 |
| 2021 | 9,446 | #23 |
| 2020 | 10,277 | #18 |
| 2019 | 11,350 | #19 |
| 2018 | 12,130 | #19 |
| 2017 | 12,598 | #20 |
| 2016 | 13,464 | #17 |
| 2015 | 14,606 | #14 |
| 2014 | 15,482 | #13 |
| 2013 | 14,953 | #14 |
| 2012 | 15,287 | #14 |
| 2011 | 15,751 | #12 |
| 2010 | 16,813 | #10 |
| 2009 | 18,288 | #6 |
| 2008 | 18,755 | #8 |
| 2007 | 18,189 | #14 |
| 2006 | 18,287 | #15 |
| 2005 | 18,193 | #16 |
| 2004 | 18,040 | #18 |
| 2003 | 17,769 | #19 |
| 2002 | 17,802 | #20 |
| 2001 | 16,770 | #24 |
| 2000 | 17,354 | #28 |
| 1999 | 17,516 | #30 |
| 1998 | 17,548 | #32 |
| 1997 | 17,192 | #31 |
| 1996 | 18,056 | #31 |
| 1995 | 19,599 | #28 |
| 1994 | 20,265 | #29 |
| 1993 | 20,708 | #29 |
| 1992 | 20,278 | #31 |
| 1991 | 17,834 | #41 |
| 1990 | 16,417 | #43 |
| 1989 | 14,760 | #53 |
| 1988 | 13,672 | #52 |
| 1987 | 12,051 | #60 |
| 1986 | 10,816 | #69 |
| 1985 | 8,442 | #89 |
| 1984 | 6,611 | #101 |
| 1983 | 4,884 | #124 |
| 1982 | 4,676 | #130 |
| 1981 | 4,295 | #140 |
| 1980 | 3,331 | #184 |
| 1979 | 3,093 | #191 |
| 1978 | 2,774 | #204 |
| 1977 | 2,735 | #203 |
| 1976 | 2,476 | #213 |
| 1975 | 2,468 | #221 |
| 1974 | 2,394 | #237 |
| 1973 | 2,290 | #243 |
| 1972 | 2,132 | #270 |
| 1971 | 2,378 | #270 |
| 1970 | 2,480 | #275 |
| 1969 | 2,034 | #311 |
| 1968 | 1,789 | #336 |
| 1967 | 1,464 | #384 |
| 1966 | 1,376 | #401 |
| 1965 | 1,331 | #423 |
| 1964 | 1,298 | #452 |
| 1963 | 1,313 | #449 |
| 1962 | 1,227 | #472 |
| 1961 | 1,235 | #476 |
| 1960 | 1,212 | #482 |
| 1959 | 1,175 | #490 |
| 1958 | 1,197 | #468 |
| 1957 | 1,271 | #447 |
| 1956 | 1,235 | #443 |
| 1955 | 1,177 | #442 |
| 1954 | 1,236 | #432 |
| 1953 | 1,267 | #417 |
| 1952 | 1,291 | #401 |
| 1951 | 1,212 | #408 |
| 1950 | 1,171 | #406 |
| 1949 | 1,190 | #397 |
| 1948 | 1,129 | #398 |
| 1947 | 1,081 | #414 |
| 1946 | 972 | #416 |
| 1945 | 896 | #393 |
| 1944 | 864 | #406 |
| 1943 | 924 | #397 |
| 1942 | 861 | #407 |
| 1941 | 818 | #399 |
| 1940 | 760 | #406 |
| 1939 | 723 | #415 |
| 1938 | 673 | #437 |
| 1937 | 675 | #429 |
| 1936 | 618 | #447 |
| 1935 | 702 | #426 |
| 1934 | 622 | #450 |
| 1933 | 659 | #427 |
| 1932 | 781 | #396 |
| 1931 | 795 | #387 |
| 1930 | 877 | #377 |
| 1929 | 995 | #350 |
| 1928 | 1,056 | #345 |
| 1927 | 1,102 | #333 |
| 1926 | 1,150 | #330 |
| 1925 | 1,230 | #316 |
| 1924 | 1,386 | #297 |
| 1923 | 1,299 | #304 |
| 1922 | 1,359 | #292 |
| 1921 | 1,533 | #275 |
| 1920 | 1,481 | #271 |
| 1919 | 1,429 | #265 |
| 1918 | 1,598 | #250 |
| 1917 | 1,669 | #227 |
| 1916 | 1,593 | #232 |
| 1915 | 1,443 | #238 |
| 1914 | 1,176 | #227 |
| 1913 | 942 | #232 |
| 1912 | 803 | #236 |
| 1911 | 426 | #267 |
| 1910 | 324 | #304 |
| 1909 | 260 | #325 |
| 1908 | 246 | #326 |
| 1907 | 279 | #286 |
| 1906 | 204 | #324 |
| 1905 | 210 | #322 |
| 1904 | 203 | #319 |
| 1903 | 195 | #320 |
| 1902 | 216 | #295 |
| 1901 | 162 | #340 |
| 1900 | 260 | #289 |
| 1899 | 178 | #307 |
| 1898 | 180 | #323 |
| 1897 | 172 | #315 |
| 1896 | 232 | #269 |
| 1895 | 199 | #289 |
| 1894 | 199 | #282 |
| 1893 | 218 | #255 |
| 1892 | 202 | #274 |
| 1891 | 172 | #276 |
| 1890 | 202 | #255 |
| 1889 | 185 | #256 |
| 1888 | 237 | #221 |
| 1887 | 180 | #228 |
| 1886 | 206 | #217 |
| 1885 | 205 | #203 |
| 1884 | 236 | #189 |
| 1883 | 187 | #193 |
| 1882 | 225 | #185 |
| 1881 | 209 | #174 |
| 1880 | 211 | #175 |