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Is Alexander a Male or Female Name?

Alexander is a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Alexander globally is 99.6% males and 0.4% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Australia with 100.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is Nigeria with 5.9%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Alexander in percentages: Globally: 99.6% males, 0.4% females, United States: 99.7% males, 0.3% females, Germany: 99.9% males, 0.1% females, Colombia: 99.5% males, 0.5% females, Russia: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, United Kingdom: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, Peru: 99.3% males, 0.7% females, Austria: 99.9% males, 0.1% females, Sweden: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, Canada: 99.9% males, 0.1% females, Mexico: 98.5% males, 1.5% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Alexander are 18-24 years old, making up 25.5% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 65+.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Alexander in each age group: 18-24: 25.5%, 25-34: 21.8%, 35-44: 18.2%, 45-54: 15.8%, 55-64: 9.8%, 65+: 9.0%

The country with the largest proportion of people named Alexander is Belarus with 0.8547% of the population. Following is Ukraine and Austria.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Alexander measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Alexander year over year: 1956: 0.0309‰, 1957: 0.0291‰, 1958: 0.0321‰, 1959: 0.0301‰, 1960: 0.0279‰, 1961: 0.0286‰, 1962: 0.0312‰, 1963: 0.0297‰, 1964: 0.0299‰, 1965: 0.0299‰, 1966: 0.0322‰, 1967: 0.0385‰, 1968: 0.0415‰, 1969: 0.0455‰, 1970: 0.0435‰, 1971: 0.0519‰, 1972: 0.0492‰, 1973: 0.0557‰, 1974: 0.0572‰, 1975: 0.0579‰, 1976: 0.0591‰, 1977: 0.0575‰, 1978: 0.0613‰, 1979: 0.0574‰, 1980: 0.0486‰, 1981: 0.0599‰, 1982: 0.0598‰, 1983: 0.0654‰, 1984: 0.0629‰, 1985: 0.0639‰, 1986: 0.0672‰, 1987: 0.0743‰, 1988: 0.0689‰, 1989: 0.0671‰, 1990: 0.06‰, 1991: 0.0657‰, 1992: 0.0796‰, 1993: 0.0905‰, 1994: 0.0982‰, 1995: 0.1174‰, 1996: 0.1005‰, 1997: 0.079‰, 1998: 0.0645‰, 1999: 0.0653‰, 2000: 0.0829‰, 2001: 0.1695‰

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