# Alexander name report

Canonical URL: https://babynameranks.com/name/m/alexander
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2025

## Summary
Alexander ranked #30 officially for boys in 2025. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #31.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #30
- Birth count: 7,230
- Rate per 10,000: 42.33

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Alexander
- Rank: #31
- Birth count: 7,372
- Rate per 10,000: 43.16
- Official count multiplier: 1.02x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.06
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.22
- Expected per school of 300: 0.67
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 19.8%

## Trend
- Label: past peak
- Peak rate year: 1993
- Best rank year: 2009
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 41.1%

## Spelling components
- Alexander: 7,230 births
- Aleksander: 126 births
- Alexsander: 9 births
- Alekxander: 7 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://babynameranks.com/methodology