Is Alexander really, really popular?

[Bear2014]

We're due our second child this summer and it's been double-confirmed today to be a boy. We are fairly set on the name Alexander as it has strong family connections on my side (baby will have OH's surname) and we can't seem to agree on any others, as we have very different name tastes.

Just having a wobble about if it's too popular, really. There is one in DD's nursery group but no others that we know. We live in London.

Big sis is Eleanor.

Reading this thread with interest as Alexander is also on our boys shortlist! I know of four baby Alexanders, and don't know a lot of babies so I've been a bit worried about popularity too. Even though it's Top 30 not even Top 10 - maybe just an anomaly round here?! At least there is the nickname potential for them to differentiate themselves in classes where there's multiples.

It is such a lovely classic name though, it's not like it's the kind of name that's very popular for just a few years and then seems very dates

^dated not dates!

Northern. Know one. He's lovely.

I have a five year old Alexander and he is a top quality child!There is another Alexander in his nursery class, but my ds is Sandy, which is slightly less popular, most are Alex/Alec. It's a family name for us. Also Scottish.

We have one. It's a great name. He's the only Alexander in his class, though there was one in an older class when he started, and there's one in a younger class now. We know more boys with Alexander as a middle name than as a first name; it's a very popular middle name.

It's a problem free name - one standard spelling, so no spelling it out, it can't be misheard as something else, so no endless repeating, various ways of shortening it, so it's flexible.

Just to warn you - peppa pigs cousin is baby alexander.

I work in a school of 400+ kids and only know two kids called Alex so not that popular in the NW.

I know quite a few mainly under 12 and at least 4 under 4...

It's a classic though and there are quite a few nns...it also works in quite a lot of countries...

The ones I know are: Zander, Zandy, Sasha, Alexei & of course Alex...

I have an Alexander (3) I've only met one other so far.

It's a lovely strong name.

I have an Alexander William and so does my friend (we met after having our babies).

Apart from that, I haven't come across any other Alexanders. I teach in a school of almost 500 children and we very rarely have any come through.