# Aleksi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aleksi/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 125 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 97 / 28 (22% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 24, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 5 | 13,586 |
| 1998 | 6 | 12,494 |
| 2000 | 5 | 15,114 |
| 2001 | 7 | 12,123 |
| 2014 | 5 | 16,634 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 7 | 7,157 |
| 2001 | 7 | 8,368 |
| 2003 | 7 | 8,681 |
| 2004 | 8 | 8,167 |
| 2006 | 5 | 12,119 |
| 2009 | 7 | 9,899 |
| 2012 | 6 | 10,837 |
| 2013 | 7 | 9,693 |
| 2014 | 5 | 12,187 |
| 2016 | 9 | 8,172 |
| 2021 | 7 | 9,769 |
| 2022 | 5 | 12,439 |
| 2023 | 10 | 7,769 |
| 2025 | 7 | 9,763 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | 2,357 |
| 2002 | 4 | 2,636 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,009 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |

## People named Aleksi

- Aleksi Machavariani, Georgian musician (1913-1995)
- Aleksi Salmenperä, Finnish film director
- Aleksi Paananen, Finnish footballer
- Alexi Laiho, Finnish musician (1979–2020)
- Joona Toivio, Finnish footballer
- Samu Haber, Finnish singer, guitarist and songwriter
- Jussi Markkanen, Finnish ice hockey player
- Lauri Asikainen, Finnish ski jumper and Nordic combined athlete
- Niklas Friman, Finnish ice hockey player
- Eero Heinonen, Finnish vocalist and musician
- Miikka Multaharju, Finnish footballer
- Rony Jansson, Finnish association football player

## 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.