Alexander

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #30in 2025
  • 1 in 236boys in 2025
  • −44%last ten years
  • 2.1×in Alaska

Most popular in 1993.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

05,23410,46718801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Alexander, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18801,910
18812,075
18821,979
18831,787
18842,062
18851,902
18861,859
18871,775
18881,961
18891,673
18901,819
18911,700
18921,655
18931,941
18941,719
18951,695
18961,940
18971,525
18981,467
18991,676
19001,728
19011,522
19021,761
19031,635
19041,584
19051,587
19061,532
19071,900
19081,594
19091,555
19101,668
19111,885
19121,868
19131,828
19141,785
19151,688
19161,780
19171,798
19181,570
19191,451
19201,385
19211,392
19221,249
19231,180
19241,219
19251,097
19261,036
1927969
1928946
1929916
1930795
1931765
1932741
1933665
1934597
1935674
1936591
1937633
1938600
1939653
1940656
1941666
1942623
1943647
1944634
1945662
1946594
1947591
1948643
1949668
1950650
1951644
1952660
1953640
1954606
1955568
1956584
1957586
1958560
1959546
1960562
1961578
1962589
1963644
1964646
1965710
1966767
1967834
19681,020
19691,125
19701,325
19711,333
19721,305
19731,449
19741,497
19751,562
19761,557
19771,646
19781,668
19791,776
19801,838
19812,365
19822,531
19832,681
19843,597
19854,488
19865,761
19876,339
19886,969
19897,258
19907,884
19918,731
199210,048
199310,467
199410,404
199510,220
19969,483
19979,077
19989,138
19999,072
20008,803
20018,606
20029,126
20038,968
20049,030
20059,077
20068,872
20078,745
20089,171
20099,203
20108,740
20118,275
20128,044
20137,889
20148,043
20157,609
20167,085
20176,795
20186,668
20196,313
20205,949
20215,387
20225,015
20234,629
20244,380
20254,233

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Alaska 2.1×
  2. District of Columbia 1.8×
  3. Wyoming 1.8×
  4. Rhode Island 1.8×
  5. Vermont 1.8×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
7,230
Rank in 2025
#30
How rare
1 in 236 boys
Since 1880
736,123

Most popular in 1993, at 10,467 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 44% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Alaska2.1×63
District of Columbia1.8×67
Wyoming1.8×27
Rhode Island1.8×75
Vermont1.8×28

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.