# Aleksei (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aleksei/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 467 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 455 / 12 (3% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 36, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Russian Алексе́й (Alekséj)

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 6 | 11,854 |
| 1997 | 6 | 12,131 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 4,986 |
| 2012 | 11 | 7,075 |
| 2013 | 11 | 7,042 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8,160 |
| 2015 | 7 | 9,615 |
| 2016 | 19 | 4,951 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8,178 |
| 2018 | 15 | 5,781 |
| 2019 | 15 | 5,829 |
| 2020 | 14 | 5,995 |
| 2021 | 11 | 7,116 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,337 |
| 2023 | 13 | 6,540 |
| 2024 | 17 | 5,453 |
| 2025 | 11 | 7,213 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 4 | 3,385 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |

## People named Aleksei

- Aleksei Budõlin, Estonian judoka (born 1976)
- Aleksei Müürisepp, Estonian Soviet politician (1902–1970)
- Aleksei Tammiste, Estonian basketball player (born 1946)
- Aleksei Kenyaykin, association football player
- Aleksei Mironov, association football player
- Aleksei Lotman, Estonian biologist, environmentalist and politician (born 1960)

## 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.