Alexius
Last seen for girls in 2017 at #11,615 · Last seen for boys in 2018 at #10,760
Given to girls 91.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1997 · 119 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,515since 1978
Alexius 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2018 | — | #10,760 | 6 | |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | — | |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | — | |
| 2013 | #9,036 | 12 | — | |
| 2012 | #8,208 | 14 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #6,855 | 18 | — | |
| 2010 | #5,977 | 22 | — | |
| 2009 | #5,709 | 24 | — | |
| 2008 | #4,550 | 33 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #4,050 | 38 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #3,017 | 56 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,902 | 56 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,927 | 54 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,043 | 49 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,228 | 74 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,872 | 93 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,900 | 89 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | #1,573 | 107 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #1,416 | 121 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,406 | 119 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,466 | 112 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,576 | 96 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,810 | 79 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #2,289 | 56 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,343 | 33 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,633 | 29 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,694 | 20 | — | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | — | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #4,527 | 16 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | — | #3,412 | 12 | |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | — | |
| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #3,215 | 12 |
| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Alexius! It came in at #8,562, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1979, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Alexius
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2017
- Debuted 1978
- Peaked 1997 at #1,406 (119 births)
- Births halved by 2003, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 14,603 girls born in 1998 were named Alexius (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 215,808 girls born in 2017 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,406 in 1997, was only 1 in 14,628 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 51.0% of all girls named Alexius (772) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2017, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6 | #8,562 (1978) | #8,562 |
| 1980s | 78 | #4,478 (1984) | #8,480 |
| 1990s | 772 | #1,406 (1997) | #2,321 |
| 2000s | 566 | #1,872 (2001) | #3,220 |
| 2010s | 93 | #5,977 (2010) | #10,498 |
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.
Alexius in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 255,310 of them was named Alexius, which outranked 25.4% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #7,649Yomaira7
- #7,649Yoshika7
- #7,649Yumeka7
- #8,562Alexius6
- #8,562Aba6
- #8,562Adama6
- #8,562Adebola6
- #9,750Abena5
- #9,750Abigayle5
- #9,750Abrian5
Tied with 1,187 names at #8,562; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 136,820 of them was named Alexius, which outranked 52.5% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,070Yohance13
- #3,070Yonatan13
- #3,070Zenas13
- #3,215Alexius12
- #3,215Acie12
- #3,215Adin12
- #3,215Alek12
- #3,400Adrienne11
- #3,400Aleksandar11
- #3,400Alexei11
Tied with 184 names at #3,215; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.