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Name meaning & stats

Aleksei

Aleksei. 467 US babies since 1940, peak 2001. Notable Alekseis are 3.3× over-represented as footballers.

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What it means

No agreed meaning on record

In US birth records

Peak year: 2001

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467 US babies were named Aleksei between 1940 and 2025.

Aleksei around the world

  • France: 75 babies since 1900, peak 2021 (spelled Alekseï)
  • England & Wales: 36 babies since 1996, peak 2009

From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.

Where Alekseis end up

Careervs expectedConfidence
Footballer3.3×High · 45 people
Ice hockey player1.6×Low · 5 people
Physicist1.7×Low · 5 people
Politician0.5×Low · 3 people

Among notable men who are footballers, Alekseis show up 3.3× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.

Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.

Other spellings

1 in 7 Alexeis spell it Aleksei

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 2001)