The first name Aleksandar
A boy’s name.
4 syllables Male
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 9 boys were named Aleksandar, making it the 2,440th most popular boys’ name. It peaked in 2017, with 20 births (#1,289).
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Aleksandar with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Aleksandar at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 21 boys born in the United States were named Aleksandar, the 4,711th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 2005, when 56 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Aleksandar
60 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Aleksandar Vučić5th President of the Republic of Serbia, born 1970
- Aleksandar DragovićAustrian association football player, born 1991
- Aleksandar PavlovićGerman footballer (born 2004)
- Aleksandar StamboliyskiBulgarian prime minister (14 October 1919 – 9 June 1923)
- Aleksandar HemonBosnian-American author, novelist, columnist, born 1964
- Aleksandar TonevBulgarian footballer, born 1990
- Aleksandar PetrovićCroatian basketball coach and player, born 1959
- Aleksandar MalinovBulgarian politician (1867-1938)
- Aleksandar ShalamanovBulgarian footballer (1941–2021)
- Aleksandar PantićAssociation football player, born 1992
- Aleksandar NikolićBasketball player and coach (1924–2000)
- Aleksandar KostovBulgarian footballer (1938-2019)
Questions
- How popular is the name Aleksandar?
- In 2025, 9 boys born in England and Wales were named Aleksandar, ranking 2,440th. Its peak was 2017, with 20 births.
- Is Aleksandar a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 1,437 US babies named Aleksandar since 1880 were boys.
- When was Aleksandar most popular?
- 2005 in the United States, when 56 babies were named Aleksandar, its highest rank at 2,163rd.