# Aleksandra (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aleksandra/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Russian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Olesya |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,110 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,110 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,868, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Алекса́ндра (Aleksándra).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 99 | 1,984 |
| 2012 | 107 | 1,875 |
| 2013 | 116 | 1,762 |
| 2014 | 99 | 1,998 |
| 2015 | 112 | 1,839 |
| 2016 | 85 | 2,249 |
| 2017 | 90 | 2,131 |
| 2018 | 64 | 2,680 |
| 2019 | 61 | 2,755 |
| 2020 | 72 | 2,416 |
| 2021 | 73 | 2,441 |
| 2022 | 46 | 3,418 |
| 2023 | 44 | 3,527 |
| 2024 | 47 | 3,337 |
| 2025 | 47 | 3,297 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 131 | 362 |
| 2012 | 140 | 345 |
| 2013 | 113 | 386 |
| 2014 | 117 | 382 |
| 2015 | 111 | 406 |
| 2016 | 120 | 381 |
| 2017 | 105 | 420 |
| 2018 | 111 | 400 |
| 2019 | 72 | 562 |
| 2020 | 70 | 559 |
| 2021 | 49 | 755 |
| 2022 | 46 | 785 |
| 2023 | 20 | 1,525 |
| 2024 | 27 | 1,230 |
| 2025 | 22 | 1,407 |

## People named Aleksandra

- Aleksandra Wozniak, Canadian tennis player
- Aleksandra Pankina, Belarusian rower
- Aleksandra Socha, fencer
- Aleksandra Zhekova, Bulgaria snowboarder
- Aleksandra Maltsevskaya, chess player
- Aleksandra Vasiljević, Bosnian biathlete
- Aleksandra Nacheva, Bulgarian athlete
- Aleksandra Monedzhikova, Bulgarian geographer (1889-1959)
- Aleksandra Nikolajewna Jakobi, editor
- Aleksandra Romanić, Croatian musician
- Alexandra Feodorovna, empress consort of Russia from 1825 to 1855 (1798–1860)
- Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, daughter of George I of Greece and Olga Constantinovna of Russia; wife of Grand Duke Paul 

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.