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UK boy's name

Alexander-James

For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.

Alexander-James is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for Alexander-James popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #4270, with 4 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2015, with 5 births.

This profile covers 34 England and Wales registrations across 9 recorded years from 2009 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.

The latest count is about 80% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.

We estimate that about 38 living people in the UK are called Alexander-James. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.

Key insights

  • Alexander-James ranked #4270 for boys in England and Wales in 2024, with 4 registrations.
  • The name peaked in 2015, when 5 boys were registered as Alexander-James.
  • Alexander-James ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #590 in 2022.
  • About 38 living people in the UK are estimated to have Alexander-James as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.

Latest rank (E&W)

#4270

2024

Births in 2024

4

Latest year

Peak year

2015

5 births

Estimated living

38

2026

Popularity

Alexander-James over time

The chart below shows babies named Alexander-James registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 2009 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.

For Alexander-James, the clearest high point is 2015. The latest England and Wales figure is 4 births in 2024, compared with 5 at the peak.

Babies born per year

Alexander-James
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Decades

Alexander-James by decade

Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Alexander-James was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.

Decade Average rank Total births Years covered
2020s #4270 4 1
2010s #4068 27 7
2000s #4527 3 1

Geography

Where Alexander-James is most common

The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Alexander-James. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.

Alexander-James ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #590 in 2022.

Scotland
4

Across the UK

Alexander-James in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Scotland (NRS)

#590 in 2022

1 years of NRS records, 4 total registered

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Names similar to Alexander-James

FAQ

Alexander-James: questions and answers

How popular is the name Alexander-James in the UK right now?

In 2024, Alexander-James was ranked #4270 for boys in England and Wales, with 4 births registered.

When was Alexander-James most popular?

The peak year on record was 2015, with 5 babies registered as Alexander-James in England and Wales.

How many people are called Alexander-James in the UK?

A total of 34 babies have been registered as Alexander-James across the 9 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 4 more in Scotland.

Where is Alexander-James most common?

In the latest published local rankings, Alexander-James ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #590 in 2022. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.

Which records is this page based on?

The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.