Fun Facts About the Name Aleksandra
- More than 3 thousand babies named Aleksandra: U.S. records list 3,109 babies given the name Aleksandra from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Aleksandra Mean?
Aleksandra is the Slavic and Baltic form of Alexandra, the feminine of the Greek name Alexandros. The Greek name is built from alexein, "to ward off, defend, or help," and andros, the genitive of anēr, "man." Taken literally, the name means "she who defends men" or "protector of men." The familiar English rendering, "defender of mankind," is a customary widening of that sense rather than a separate etymology.
Aleksandra is the standard feminine form in Russian, Polish, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, and other Slavic languages, and in Lithuanian, Latvian, and Estonian. The ks in Latin-letter spellings stands for the Greek letter xi (ξ) in Αλεξάνδρα; Cyrillic spellings keep the same sound cluster, as in Russian Александра.
Aleksandra Name History & Origins
The masculine Alexandros was common in the Greek world, and the feminine Alexandra appears in Greek literature and religion: it was used as a name and epithet of the goddess Hera, and the Trojan prophetess Cassandra was also called Alexandra in poetic tradition. The fame of Alexander the Great in the fourth century BC helped spread the masculine name across the Greek-speaking world, and the feminine form traveled with it.
The name reached the Slavs chiefly through Byzantine Greek Christianity. As the Slavic peoples were Christianized from the ninth and tenth centuries onward, Greek saints' names were taken into their languages and church calendars. Alexandra of Rome, remembered in Christian tradition as an empress and martyr, is one of the saints linked with the name. Through this religious transmission Aleksandra became established in Russia, Poland, Bulgaria, Serbia, and neighboring regions, where it has remained a familiar given name into modern times.
The Latin-letter spelling Aleksandra was carried into English and other Western languages through translations, reference works, and immigration, so it now appears alongside the older Western form Alexandra. The two are the same name; Aleksandra simply preserves the Slavic transliteration of the Greek original.
How Popular is the Name Aleksandra?
Aleksandra has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2008. Its best rank was #1,736 in 2007.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,297 | 47 | 0.0029% |
| 2024 | #3,323 | 47 | 0.0029% |
| 2023 | #3,526 | 44 | 0.0027% |
| 2022 | #3,419 | 46 | 0.0028% |
| 2021 | #2,441 | 73 | 0.0045% |
| 2020 | #2,415 | 72 | 0.0045% |
| 2019 | #2,754 | 61 | 0.0036% |
| 2018 | #2,676 | 64 | 0.0038% |
| 2017 | #2,130 | 90 | 0.0052% |
| 2016 | #2,249 | 85 | 0.0048% |
| 2015 | #1,839 | 112 | 0.0063% |
| 2014 | #1,998 | 99 | 0.0055% |
| 2013 | #1,762 | 116 | 0.0066% |
| 2012 | #1,875 | 107 | 0.0061% |
| 2011 | #1,984 | 99 | 0.0056% |
| 2010 | #1,927 | 104 | 0.0059% |
| 2009 | #1,792 | 120 | 0.0065% |
| 2008 | #1,756 | 126 | 0.0067% |
| 2007 | #1,736 | 125 | 0.0065% |
| 2006 | #1,771 | 117 | 0.0062% |
| 2005 | #1,911 | 101 | 0.0055% |
| 2004 | #2,228 | 79 | 0.0043% |
| 2003 | #1,885 | 97 | 0.0053% |
| 2002 | #1,916 | 92 | 0.0051% |
| 2001 | #2,064 | 81 | 0.0045% |
| 2000 | #2,331 | 66 | 0.0036% |
| 1999 | #2,115 | 72 | 0.0041% |
| 1998 | #2,104 | 69 | 0.0039% |
| 1997 | #2,260 | 60 | 0.0034% |
| 1996 | #2,151 | 63 | 0.0036% |
| 1995 | #2,216 | 60 | 0.0034% |
| 1994 | #2,752 | 44 | 0.0025% |
| 1993 | #1,942 | 72 | 0.0040% |
| 1992 | #2,515 | 50 | 0.0027% |
| 1991 | #3,207 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 1990 | #3,298 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 1989 | #2,931 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 1988 | #3,586 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1987 | #4,663 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1986 | #3,278 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 1985 | #3,984 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 1984 | #4,321 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1983 | #4,287 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1982 | #5,921 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1981 | #6,333 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1980 | #8,189 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1979 | #6,197 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1978 | #5,572 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1977 | #5,898 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1976 | #5,606 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1975 | #6,498 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1974 | #5,015 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1973 | #7,453 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1972 | #5,967 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1971 | #8,349 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1968 | #6,259 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1965 | #4,833 | 8 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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