Aleksa
Feminine · “defender”
Aleksa is given to both — 540 girls and 62 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Aleksa reaches American records mostly as a girl's name, a spelling of Alexa. In Serbia and Montenegro the same five letters are an ordinary boy's name, carried by one of the best-loved poets of the Balkans.
How old is the name Aleksa?
Aleksa first appears in US birth records in 1988 — 37 years ago. The typical Aleksa alive today was born around 2006, making them about 19 years old. About 500 people named Aleksa are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Aleksa most popular?
Aleksa peaked in 2007, reaching #4131 nationally. See the whole 2007 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Alexandros to Aleksa
The story of Aleksa
Aleksa Šantić, a poet of Mostar, wrote Emina, a few lines about a beautiful girl glimpsed in a garden, and it was set to music and became one of the most loved sevdalinka songs of Bosnia. For him and for countless Serbian men, Aleksa is a boy's name. In America the same spelling arrived as Alexa written with a k, and it has been given nearly always to girls, so one name carries opposite expectations in two places.
Meaningscholars disagree
defender, through Alexander
In American use Aleksa is a spelling of Alexa, from Alexandra, defender of men. In Serbian it is a masculine name from the same Greek root. The record does not say which road a family took.
How the name formed
- Alexandros
- Alexa / Aleksa
- Aleksa
Related forms: Aleksa · Alexa
Pronouncing Aleksa
uh-LEK-suh
Stress on the second syllable. In Serbian, AH-lek-sah.
Nicknames for Aleksa
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1988
- Most girls named
- 200737 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #4131reached in 2007
- Change vs 2017
- −27.3%8 in 2018, from 11
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Aleksa in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Aleksa in Serbian — same name
- Alexa in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California.
Aleksas among us
people named Aleksa are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Aleksa sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It sounds like a familiar name.
- Lexi is a ready short form.
- Serbian and Montenegrin speakers will hear a boy's name.
- People will write Alexa.
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Frequently asked
- How many Aleksas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Aleksa are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Aleksa in 2025?
- Aleksa is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Aleksa with classmates?
- Aleksa will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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