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

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Peak · girls
1997 · 119 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,515
since 1978

Alexius over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201984peak #1,406, 1997peak #3,215, 1978girlsboys
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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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2018#10,7606
2017#11,6158#10,7756
2016#16,2155#12,1855
2015#13,0067
2014#13,0697
2013#9,03612
2012#8,20814#12,2745
2011#6,85518
2010#5,97722
2009#5,70924
2008#4,55033#11,0376
2007#4,05038#10,9216
2006#3,01756
2005#2,90256
2004#2,92754
2003#3,04349
2002#2,22874
2001#1,87293
2000#1,90089#6,8399
1999#1,573107#6,04210
1998#1,416121
1997#1,406119
1996#1,466112
1995#1,57696
1994#1,81079#6,9687
1993#2,28956
1992#3,34333
1991#3,63329
1990#4,69420
1989#10,8476
1988#11,7985#7,2705
1987#11,3255
1986#7,7498#5,9266
1985#10,6775
1984#4,47816
1983#5,82411#4,4998
1982#4,52716#3,69211
1981#3,41212
1980#9,0956
1979#6,0565
1978#8,5626#3,21512
1977#5,8455
1976#5,5875
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First appearance
1978

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
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2017
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1978
  • Peaked 1997 at #1,406 (119 births)
  • Births halved by 2003, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 14,603
  • 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
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 51.0% of all girls named Alexius (772) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2018
  • Mostly girls until 2017, mostly boys since
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DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s6#8,562 (1978)#8,562
1980s78#4,478 (1984)#8,480
1990s772#1,406 (1997)#2,321
2000s566#1,872 (2001)#3,220
2010s93#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 1984

girls
#4,478
16 births · 1 in 105,239 girls

Top girls' names in 1984

  1. #1Jennifer50,564
  2. #2Jessica45,857
  3. #3Ashley38,773
  4. #4Amanda33,915
  5. #5Sarah25,887
  6. #6Stephanie23,025
  7. #7Nicole22,270
  8. #8Melissa21,896
  9. #9Heather21,489
  10. #10Elizabeth20,360
  11. #4,478Alexius16
More about 1984

girls

1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 105,239 of them was named Alexius, which outranked 63.2% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alexius
  1. #4,318Tunisia17
  2. #4,318Waleska17
  3. #4,318Yaminah17
  4. #4,478Alexius16
  5. #4,478Adelita16
  6. #4,478Alva16
  7. #4,478Alyshia16
  8. #4,737Abbe15
  9. #4,737Adair15
  10. #4,737Alannah15

Tied with 258 names at #4,478; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. 8,259Santana#9,015#756
  2. 2,419Tasia#3,151#732
  3. 2,198Teela#3,065#867
  4. 1,074Grisel#1,858#784
  5. 894Kaylee#1,715#821
Fallers
  1. 1,856Dwan#874#2,730
  2. 720Toccara#937#1,657
  3. 713Kaleena#547#1,260
  4. 303Karie#1,000#1,303
  5. 300Karyn#820#1,120

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

See the top 100 for 1984