Aleksandra
Feminine · “defender of men”
Aleksandra is the Slavic spelling of Alexandra, and the name is Greek: the defender of men. It has been among the leading women's names from Poland to Russia for well over a century.
How old is the name Aleksandra?
Aleksandra first appears in US birth records in 1965 — 60 years ago. The typical Aleksandra alive today was born around 2007, making them about 18 years old. About 3,100 people named Aleksandra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Aleksandra most popular?
Aleksandra peaked in 2007, reaching #1734 nationally. Today it ranks #3296, 1,562 places below that high. See the whole 2007 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Alexandros to Aleksandra
The story of Aleksandra
Alexander the Great made his name one of the most traveled in history — it turns up in Egyptian, Persian, Indian and Chinese records within a few centuries. The feminine Alexandra was used in the Greek world and spread with Orthodoxy into the Slavic countries, where it became a standard name. Polish, Russian, Serbian and Bulgarian all write it with a k, since their alphabets and orthographies have no use for the Latin x.
Meaning
defender of men
From Greek alexein, to ward off or defend, and andros, a man; the masculine Alexandros was borne by the Macedonian king whose conquests carried the name across three continents.
How the name formed
- Alexandros
- Alexandra
- Aleksandra
Related forms: Alexandra · Александра · Alejandra · Alessandra
Pronouncing Aleksandra
ah-lek-SAHN-drah
Four syllables with the stress on the third. Identical in sound to Alexandra.
Nicknames for Aleksandra
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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
- 1965
- Most girls named
- 2008126 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1734reached in 2007
- Change vs 2024
- 0.0%47 in 2025, from 47
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.
Aleksandra in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Alexandra in English — spelling variant
- Александра in Russian — transliteration
- Alejandra in Spanish — same name
- Alessandra in Italian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Illinois, New York, Florida.
Aleksandras among us
people named Aleksandra are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 34,197 born in 2025 was named Aleksandra
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Aleksandra
- #3296
- Aleksandra on the 2025 chart
- #242
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Aleksandra went to 47 girls in 2025, but Alexandra is the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 1,367, which makes it the 242nd most-given girls’ name of the year — 3,054 places above the chart.
- Alexandra1,314
- Aleksandra47
and 1 rarer spelling.
About 1 girl in 1,176 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 34,197 for Aleksandra itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Jannet test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Aleksandra's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jannet climbed just as high around 1990, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jannet's path sketches the road Aleksandra is walking now.
Aleksandra sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Aleksandra is headed
Aleksandra is easing off slowly — about 17% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Aleksandra beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Aleksandra in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning and one of the longest and best-documented records any name can show.
- Four ready short forms, in three languages, each with its own life.
- Recognized everywhere in Europe and far beyond it.
- Alexandra is the standard English spelling and the x will be restored for her constantly.
- Ten letters and four syllables is a great deal for early handwriting.
- Sasha reads as a girls' name in English and a name for either sex in Russian.
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Frequently asked
- How many Aleksandras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,100 people named Aleksandra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Aleksandra?
- Aleksandra is one of 2 recorded spellings. Alexandra is the more common one — 1,314 births in 2025 against 47 for Aleksandra.
- How popular is the name Aleksandra in 2025?
- Aleksandra ranks #3296 among US girl names in 2025, with 47 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Aleksandra?
- About 1 in every 34,197 US girls born in 2025 was named Aleksandra — 47 in all.
- Will my child share the name Aleksandra with classmates?
- Aleksandra will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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