Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Aleksey isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aleksey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 581
- 571 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 37 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #6,824 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −22%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,824 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 21.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 37 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,910 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 66,113 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aleksey’s family of names
In English usage, Aleksey has a related form in Alexey. In English usage, Aleksey has a related form in Aleksei. In Portuguese usage, Aleksey has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Алексей.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 20
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Aleksey
- Maxim GorkyRussian and Soviet writer (1868–1936)
- Alexei NavalnyRussian jurist and opposition leader (1976-2024)
- Alexei LeonovSoviet-Russian pilot and cosmonaut, first human to conduct a spacewalk (1934–2019)
- Alexei AbrikosovSoviet, Russian and American theoretical physicist1928–2017
- Aleksey Nikolayevich TolstoyRussian-Soviet writer (1883-1945)
- Alexis of RussiaTsar of Russia (1645–1676)1629–1676
- Alexei KosyginSoviet statesman, public officer, cabinet officer1904–1980
- Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoycount, Russian poet, novelist and playwright1817–1875
- Aleksei BrusilovRussian and Soviet military commander1853–1926
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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