Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Alexsander 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 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alexsander through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,266
- 1,266 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 76 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,280 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −50%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,280 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 49.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 76 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 826 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Alexsander’s family of names
Alexsander may belong to the same name family as ALEXSANDDER. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Alexsander
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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