Alexis
#554 for girls in 2025, 547 births · #513 for boys in 2025, 584 births
Given to girls 83.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1999 · 19,237 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 31 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 344,557since 1931
Alexis over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #554 | 547 | #513 | 584 |
| 2024 | #501 | 610 | #484 | 640 |
| 2023 | #448 | 686 | #471 | 643 |
| 2022 | #359 | 881 | #458 | 670 |
| 2021 | #342 | 949 | #469 | 634 |
| 2020 | #311 | 1,033 | #481 | 616 |
| 2019 | #235 | 1,330 | #450 | 670 |
| 2018 | #179 | 1,656 | #445 | 676 |
| 2017 | #143 | 2,075 | #397 | 804 |
| 2016 | #118 | 2,696 | #350 | 965 |
| 2015 | #85 | 3,435 | #344 | 995 |
| 2014 | #65 | 4,247 | #303 | 1,175 |
| 2013 | #47 | 4,785 | #295 | 1,191 |
| 2012 | #40 | 5,375 | #229 | 1,560 |
| 2011 | #26 | 6,538 | #242 | 1,482 |
| 2010 | #16 | 8,279 | #223 | 1,621 |
| 2009 | #13 | 9,946 | #186 | 2,019 |
| 2008 | #15 | 9,734 | #169 | 2,341 |
| 2007 | #19 | 9,923 | #158 | 2,657 |
| 2006 | #14 | 11,239 | #130 | 3,203 |
| 2005 | #13 | 11,977 | #132 | 3,050 |
| 2004 | #11 | 13,477 | #103 | 4,175 |
| 2003 | #7 | 14,867 | #150 | 2,721 |
| 2002 | #5 | 15,636 | #161 | 2,379 |
| 2001 | #5 | 16,404 | #143 | 2,769 |
| 2000 | #6 | 17,631 | #144 | 2,715 |
| 1999 | #3 | 19,237 | #147 | 2,434 |
| 1998 | #6 | 19,778 | #148 | 2,317 |
| 1997 | #8 | 17,171 | #120 | 3,182 |
| 1996 | #8 | 16,592 | #180 | 1,795 |
| 1995 | #14 | 14,334 | #174 | 1,881 |
| 1994 | #18 | 13,039 | #227 | 1,288 |
| 1993 | #27 | 10,834 | #261 | 1,101 |
| 1992 | #40 | 7,948 | #330 | 767 |
| 1991 | #47 | 7,009 | #330 | 759 |
| 1990 | #66 | 5,257 | #336 | 738 |
| 1989 | #92 | 3,518 | #397 | 549 |
| 1988 | #97 | 2,900 | #441 | 418 |
| 1987 | #113 | 2,460 | #397 | 478 |
| 1986 | #129 | 2,197 | #413 | 429 |
| 1985 | #112 | 2,516 | #355 | 519 |
| 1984 | #89 | 3,292 | #371 | 475 |
| 1983 | #83 | 3,462 | #299 | 657 |
| 1982 | #93 | 3,123 | #276 | 760 |
| 1981 | #172 | 1,584 | #406 | 405 |
| 1980 | #205 | 1,269 | #441 | 352 |
| 1979 | #248 | 1,008 | #446 | 331 |
| 1978 | #300 | 771 | #513 | 254 |
| 1977 | #325 | 724 | #537 | 240 |
| 1976 | #322 | 693 | #552 | 214 |
| 1975 | #328 | 675 | #544 | 218 |
| 1974 | #358 | 601 | #595 | 180 |
| 1973 | #408 | 487 | #645 | 152 |
| 1972 | #466 | 397 | #686 | 136 |
| 1971 | #533 | 343 | #656 | 157 |
| 1970 | #536 | 353 | #737 | 124 |
| 1969 | #696 | 204 | #682 | 134 |
| 1968 | #749 | 175 | #713 | 111 |
| 1967 | #723 | 184 | #635 | 139 |
| 1966 | #724 | 186 | #728 | 103 |
| 1965 | #771 | 165 | #724 | 105 |
| 1964 | #1,066 | 104 | #812 | 86 |
| 1963 | #790 | 172 | #929 | 65 |
| 1962 | #851 | 154 | #871 | 76 |
| 1961 | #858 | 154 | #915 | 69 |
| 1960 | #789 | 168 | #940 | 65 |
| 1959 | #785 | 168 | #1,101 | 49 |
| 1958 | #724 | 185 | #1,131 | 46 |
| 1957 | #715 | 194 | #1,318 | 35 |
| 1956 | #715 | 181 | #1,129 | 45 |
| 1955 | #718 | 173 | #1,396 | 30 |
| 1954 | #699 | 177 | #1,311 | 33 |
| 1953 | #604 | 216 | #1,455 | 27 |
| 1952 | #538 | 252 | #1,430 | 28 |
| 1951 | #524 | 252 | #1,683 | 20 |
| 1950 | #543 | 230 | #1,746 | 18 |
| 1949 | #493 | 268 | #1,616 | 21 |
| 1948 | #565 | 217 | #2,027 | 14 |
| 1947 | #533 | 248 | #1,916 | 16 |
| 1946 | #529 | 221 | #1,813 | 16 |
| 1945 | #667 | 122 | #1,772 | 15 |
| 1944 | #663 | 124 | #1,400 | 23 |
| 1943 | #824 | 89 | #2,277 | 11 |
| 1942 | #1,349 | 36 | #1,799 | 16 |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | — | #2,871 | 7 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,958 | 13 | |
| 1938 | — | #3,534 | 5 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,088 | 12 | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #2,529 | 9 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,266 | 11 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,997 | 13 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,313 | 11 | |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1930 | — | #3,022 | 8 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,452 | 11 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,076 | 8 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,523 | 11 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,302 | 13 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,870 | 18 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,229 | 14 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,941 | 17 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,014 | 9 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,829 | 19 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,820 | 19 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,811 | 18 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,260 | 13 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,693 | 19 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,594 | 20 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,968 | 14 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,687 | 14 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,496 | 6 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,268 | 14 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,290 | 8 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
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| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
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| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
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| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #837 | 6 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Alexis! It came in at #4,331, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1931–1941, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Alexis
- 53 spots since 2024 (#501 → #554)
- 243 spots since 2020 (#311 → #554)
- 469 spots since 2015 (#85 → #554)
- Biggest jump: 525 spots in 1943 (#1,349 → #824)
- Biggest drop: 276 spots in 1964 (#790 → #1,066)
- Debuted 1931
- Peaked 1999 at #3 (19,237 births)
- Births halved by 2010, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: 8 yrs · run 1996–2003
- Top 100: 31 yrs · run 1988–2015
- Top 1,000: 82 yrs · run 1965–2025
- Highest: 1 in 89 girls born in 1998 were named Alexis (1.1%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,938 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- Its best rank, #3 in 1999, was only 1 in 92 (1.1%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 38.1% of all girls named Alexis (131,199) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2023, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 5 | #4,331 (1931) | #4,331 |
| 1940s | 1,330 | #493 (1949) | #1,116 |
| 1950s | 2,028 | #524 (1951) | #657 |
| 1960s | 1,666 | #696 (1969) | #802 |
| 1970s | 6,052 | #248 (1979) | #382 |
| 1980s | 26,321 | #83 (1983) | #119 |
| 1990s | 131,199 | #3 (1999) | #24 |
| 2000s | 130,834 | #5 (2001) | #11 |
| 2010s | 40,416 | #16 (2010) | #95 |
| 2020s | 4,706 | #311 (2020) | #419 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Alexis in 1956
Top girls' names in 1956
Top boys' names in 1956
More about 1956
girls
2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 11,092 of them was named Alexis, which outranked 89.6% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 47,007 of them was named Alexis, which outranked 74.7% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,120Henri46
- #1,120Jeffory46
- #1,120Moshe46
- #1,129Alexis45
- #1,129Davie45
- #1,129Dayton45
- #1,129Denton45
- #1,140Arlyn44
- #1,140Collin44
- #1,140Darel44
Tied with 10 names at #1,129; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.