Alexis

#554 for girls in 2025, 547 births · #513 for boys in 2025, 584 births
Given to girls 83.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
1999 · 19,237 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
31 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
344,557
since 1931

Alexis over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201963peak #3, 1999peak #103, 2004girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#554547#513584
2024#501610#484640
2023#448686#471643
2022#359881#458670
2021#342949#469634
2020#3111,033#481616
2019#2351,330#450670
2018#1791,656#445676
2017#1432,075#397804
2016#1182,696#350965
2015#853,435#344995
2014#654,247#3031,175
2013#474,785#2951,191
2012#405,375#2291,560
2011#266,538#2421,482
2010#168,279#2231,621
2009#139,946#1862,019
2008#159,734#1692,341
2007#199,923#1582,657
2006#1411,239#1303,203
2005#1311,977#1323,050
2004#1113,477#1034,175
2003#714,867#1502,721
2002#515,636#1612,379
2001#516,404#1432,769
2000#617,631#1442,715
1999#319,237#1472,434
1998#619,778#1482,317
1997#817,171#1203,182
1996#816,592#1801,795
1995#1414,334#1741,881
1994#1813,039#2271,288
1993#2710,834#2611,101
1992#407,948#330767
1991#477,009#330759
1990#665,257#336738
1989#923,518#397549
1988#972,900#441418
1987#1132,460#397478
1986#1292,197#413429
1985#1122,516#355519
1984#893,292#371475
1983#833,462#299657
1982#933,123#276760
1981#1721,584#406405
1980#2051,269#441352
1979#2481,008#446331
1978#300771#513254
1977#325724#537240
1976#322693#552214
1975#328675#544218
1974#358601#595180
1973#408487#645152
1972#466397#686136
1971#533343#656157
1970#536353#737124
1969#696204#682134
1968#749175#713111
1967#723184#635139
1966#724186#728103
1965#771165#724105
1964#1,066104#81286
1963#790172#92965
1962#851154#87176
1961#858154#91569
1960#789168#94065
1959#785168#1,10149
1958#724185#1,13146
1957#715194#1,31835
1956#715181#1,12945
1955#718173#1,39630
1954#699177#1,31133
1953#604216#1,45527
1952#538252#1,43028
1951#524252#1,68320
1950#543230#1,74618
1949#493268#1,61621
1948#565217#2,02714
1947#533248#1,91616
1946#529221#1,81316
1945#667122#1,77215
1944#663124#1,40023
1943#82489#2,27711
1942#1,34936#1,79916
1941#4,4205#2,8727
1940#2,8717
1939#1,95813
1938#3,5345
1937#2,08812
1936
1935#2,5299
1934#2,26611
1933#1,99713
1932#2,31311
1931#4,3315#2,20712
1930#3,0228
1929#2,45211
1928#3,0768
1927#2,52311
1926#2,30213
1925#1,87018
1924#2,22914
1923#1,94117
1922#3,0149
1921#1,82919
1920#1,82019
1919#1,81118
1918#2,26013
1917#1,69319
1916#1,59420
1915#1,96814
1914#1,68714
1913#2,4966
1912#1,26814
1911#1,2908
1910
1909
1908
1907#1,3455
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895#1,0795
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887#9215
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882#8376
1881
1880
First appearance
1931

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
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
68 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1931
  • Peaked 1999 at #3 (19,237 births)
  • Births halved by 2010, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: 8 yrs · run 1996–2003
  • Top 100: 31 yrs · run 1988–2015
  • Top 1,000: 82 yrs · run 1965–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 89
  • 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
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 38.1% of all girls named Alexis (131,199) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2024
  • Mostly girls until 2023, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s5#4,331 (1931)#4,331
1940s1,330#493 (1949)#1,116
1950s2,028#524 (1951)#657
1960s1,666#696 (1969)#802
1970s6,052#248 (1979)#382
1980s26,321#83 (1983)#119
1990s131,199#3 (1999)#24
2000s130,834#5 (2001)#11
2010s40,416#16 (2010)#95
2020s4,706#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 1963

girls
#790
172 births · 1 in 11,206 girls
boys
#929
65 births · 1 in 31,247 boys

Top girls' names in 1963

  1. #1Lisa56,047
  2. #2Mary41,546
  3. #3Susan33,991
  4. #4Karen32,492
  5. #5Linda27,727
  6. #6Donna25,405
  7. #7Patricia25,374
  8. #8Lori23,899
  9. #9Sandra21,621
  10. #10Cynthia21,589
  11. #790Alexis172

Top boys' names in 1963

  1. #1Michael83,771
  2. #2John78,636
  3. #3David78,444
  4. #4James71,294
  5. #5Robert70,007
  6. #6Mark49,342
  7. #7William44,453
  8. #8Richard40,772
  9. #9Thomas35,490
  10. #10Jeffrey31,701
  11. #929Alexis65
More about 1963

girls

1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 11,206 of them was named Alexis, which outranked 89.7% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alexis
  1. #787Carolina173
  2. #787Marisol173
  3. #787Sheree173
  4. #790Alexis172
  5. #790Adriana172
  6. #790Debi172
  7. #793Leila171
  8. #793Mara171
  9. #793Zelda171

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. 631Zena#1,323#692
  2. 623Zina#992#369
  3. 540Trisha#1,020#480
  4. 457Shirl#1,304#847
  5. 396Glynis#992#596
Fallers
  1. 1,195Marnita#727#1,922
  2. 255Velvet#623#878
  3. 235Delphine#904#1,139
  4. 224Rosita#934#1,158
  5. 197Lindy#885#1,082

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,031,078 boys got a published name in 1963; 1 in 31,247 of them was named Alexis, which outranked 79.9% of the 4,621 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alexis
  1. #921Laura66
  2. #921Laverne66
  3. #921Rodrigo66
  4. #929Alexis65
  5. #929Aldo65
  6. #929Augustus65
  7. #929Dusty65
  8. #936Alvaro64
  9. #936Barbara64
  10. #936Cyril64

Tied with 6 names at #929; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. 1,551Tal#2,364#813
  2. 1,141Jaimie#1,962#821
  3. 540Stoney#1,038#498
  4. 364Pamela#1,311#947
  5. 331Giovanni#1,242#911
Fallers
  1. 324Olin#871#1,195
  2. 295Enoch#984#1,279
  3. 285Rand#953#1,238
  4. 283Vernell#996#1,279
  5. 269Bentley#926#1,195

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1963