The first name Aleksey

Aleksey last appeared in the official list in 2022, given to 3 boys. It peaked in 2014, with 6 births (#2,964).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Aleksey with other names.

In 2025, 12 boys born in the United States were named Aleksey, the 6,824th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 2006, when 37 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.

• Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy
  Count, Russian poet, novelist and playwright, 1817–1875
• Aleksey Spiridonov
  Athletics competitor (1951–1998)
• Aleksey Nikanchikov
  Fencer (1940–1972)
• Aleksey Kuznetsov
  Cross-country skier, 1929–2003
• Aleksey Kiselyov
  Boxer (1938–2005)
• Aleksey Grebnev
  Chess player, born 2006
• Aleksey Ryabinin
  Economist, politician, children's writer, born 1970
• Patriarch Alexius II
  15th Patriarch of Moscow and all the Rus', the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church (192
• Aleksei Tishchenko
  Boxer, born 1984
• Alex Yermolinsky
  American chess player, born 1958
• Alexey Voyevoda
  Bobsledder, born 1980
• Alexey Prokurorov
  Cross-country skier, 1964–2008

How popular is the name Aleksey?

In 2022, 3 boys born in England and Wales were named Aleksey, ranking 4,789th. Its peak was 2014, with 6 births.

Is Aleksey a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a boy's name: 98% of the 581 US babies named Aleksey since 1880 were boys.

When was Aleksey most popular?

2006 in the United States, when 37 babies were named Aleksey, its highest rank at 2,984th.