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Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: falling

AlexanderIn Hebrew: אלכסנדר · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: אֲלֶכְּסַנְדֶּרRomanization: aleksánder

Alexander (Hebrew: אלכסנדר) is a boy's name of international origin. 28,027 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 26 boys and ranked #423. Its peak year was 1955, with 794 babies.

People in Israel
28,027
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
26
rank #423
Peak year
1955
794 babies
USA, 2025
7,230
rank #30

Writing and saying Alexander

In Hebrew letters the name is אלכסנדר, read right to left. Alexander is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "aleksánder" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).

Meaning and origin

  • a male given name, Alexander
  • a surname, Alexander
  • Used as a place name, etc.

Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.

Alexander by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Alexander: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Alexander in English-speaking countries

Alexander in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20257,230#301993 (20,530)
United Kingdom20251,464#341997 (5,035)
England and Wales20251,271#401996 (4,840)
Scotland2025151#221975 (370)
Northern Ireland202542#482014 (92)
Ireland202598#582014 (211)
British Columbia202368#291994 (318)
Alberta202582#401994 (264)
Quebec202537#1611994 (150)
New South Wales2025222#221992 (673)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Alexander has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Alexander

How do you write Alexander in Hebrew?

Alexander is written אלכסנדר in Hebrew (with vowel points: אֲלֶכְּסַנְדֶּר). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "aleksánder".

How many people in Israel are named Alexander?

28,027 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אלכסנדר: 45 women and 27,982 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Alexander a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 99.8% of the people named אלכסנדר are men.

What does the name Alexander mean?

English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male given name, Alexander"

Is Alexander used outside Israel?

The name Alexander appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 7,230 boys were given it in 2025 (#30), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 1,464 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.