Alexandro
Masculine · “defender of men”
Alexandro is a Spanish and Italian form of Alexander — defender of men — attested in Bronze Age Greek.
How old is the name Alexandro?
Alexandro first appears in US birth records in 1919 — 106 years ago. The typical Alexandro alive today was born around 1999, making them about 26 years old. About 6,700 people named Alexandro are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Alexandro most popular?
Alexandro peaked in 2002, reaching #719 nationally. Today it ranks #2641, 1,922 places below that high. See the whole 2002 chart.
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Where it comes from
From alexein aner to Alexandro
The story of Alexandro
Alexandros appears on Mycenaean clay tablets, making it among the oldest continuously used names in Europe, and Homer uses it as a second name for Paris of Troy. Alexander the Great carried it across Asia. Alexandro appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
defender of men
From the Greek alexein, 'to defend', and aner, andros, 'man'. The name appears on Linear B tablets as Alexandros. Alexandro is a Spanish and Italian variant of Alejandro and Alessandro. The Greek is documented.
How the name formed
- alexein aner
- Alexandros
- Alexandro
Related forms: Alejandro · Alessandro · Alexander
Pronouncing Alexandro
ah-lek-SAHN-droh
Four syllables, stress on the third. Spanish Alejandro gives the j an h sound.
Nicknames for Alexandro
Moderate
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
- 1919
- Most boys named
- 2005238 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #719reached in 2002
- Change vs 2023
- −5.8%49 in 2025, from 52
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.
Alexandro in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Alejandro in Spanish — related form
- Alessandro in Italian — related form
- Alexander in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Alexandros among us
people named Alexandro are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 34,859 born in 2025 was named Alexandro
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Tobin test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Alexandro's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Tobin climbed just as high around 1971, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Tobin's path sketches the road Alexandro is walking now.
Alexandro 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 Alexandro is headed
Alexandro should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
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.
Alexandro beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Alexandro in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That the name is attested in Bronze Age Linear B is a first-rate fact.
- Alex and Sandro are two short forms, both with real records.
- The defender-of-men meaning is transparent and strong.
- Alejandro and Alessandro are the standard Spanish and Italian forms.
- Four syllables make it long for everyday use.
- It reads as a hybrid of two languages' forms.
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Frequently asked
- How many Alexandros are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 6,700 people named Alexandro are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Alexandro in 2025?
- Alexandro ranks #2641 among US boy names in 2025, with 49 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Alexandro?
- About 1 in every 34,859 US boys born in 2025 was named Alexandro — 49 in all.
- Will my child share the name Alexandro with classmates?
- Alexandro will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Alexandro
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