# Alexandru (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alexandru/  
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 | 614 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 614 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,715, 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 28 | 3,697 |
| 2012 | 26 | 3,900 |
| 2013 | 21 | 4,469 |
| 2014 | 33 | 3,302 |
| 2015 | 26 | 3,987 |
| 2016 | 20 | 4,784 |
| 2017 | 21 | 4,599 |
| 2018 | 21 | 4,611 |
| 2019 | 17 | 5,347 |
| 2020 | 13 | 6,309 |
| 2021 | 12 | 6,714 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,020 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8,959 |
| 2024 | 5 | 12,432 |
| 2025 | 9 | 8,279 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 38 | 798 |
| 2012 | 47 | 704 |
| 2013 | 62 | 570 |
| 2014 | 72 | 527 |
| 2015 | 96 | 429 |
| 2016 | 100 | 420 |
| 2017 | 158 | 317 |
| 2018 | 162 | 300 |
| 2019 | 179 | 270 |
| 2020 | 157 | 292 |
| 2021 | 128 | 348 |
| 2022 | 97 | 423 |
| 2023 | 96 | 411 |
| 2024 | 55 | 674 |
| 2025 | 55 | 658 |

## People named Alexandru

- Alexandru Ioan Cuza, first ruler of the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
- Alexandru Chiculiță, fencer
- Alexandru Sătmăreanu, association football player
- Alexandru Tyroler, chess player
- Alexandru Crețu, footballer
- Alexandru Pantea, footballer
- Alexandru Albu, association football player
- Alexandru Segal, Brazilian chess player (1947-2015)
- Tiberiu Dolniceanu, fencer

## 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.