Alex
#2,485 for girls in 2025, 71 births · #232 for boys in 2025, 1,515 births
Given to boys 96.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1995 · 7,424 births
- Debut · boys
- 147 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 33 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 286,169since 1880
Alex over time
Rank among boys' names. 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 | #2,485 | 71 | #232 | 1,515 |
| 2024 | #2,150 | 88 | #205 | 1,728 |
| 2023 | #1,965 | 100 | #203 | 1,814 |
| 2022 | #1,478 | 148 | #189 | 2,006 |
| 2021 | #1,612 | 130 | #192 | 1,969 |
| 2020 | #1,294 | 171 | #183 | 2,122 |
| 2019 | #1,460 | 151 | #165 | 2,401 |
| 2018 | #1,325 | 171 | #153 | 2,526 |
| 2017 | #1,251 | 189 | #151 | 2,606 |
| 2016 | #1,338 | 177 | #146 | 2,855 |
| 2015 | #1,287 | 187 | #134 | 3,113 |
| 2014 | #1,422 | 160 | #128 | 3,192 |
| 2013 | #1,509 | 146 | #110 | 3,559 |
| 2012 | #1,629 | 132 | #98 | 3,870 |
| 2011 | #1,370 | 168 | #95 | 4,041 |
| 2010 | #1,352 | 173 | #93 | 4,442 |
| 2009 | #1,366 | 174 | #83 | 5,174 |
| 2008 | #1,405 | 169 | #84 | 5,400 |
| 2007 | #1,277 | 192 | #72 | 6,275 |
| 2006 | #1,083 | 234 | #67 | 6,670 |
| 2005 | #1,042 | 229 | #71 | 6,488 |
| 2004 | #982 | 242 | #63 | 6,812 |
| 2003 | #1,038 | 220 | #62 | 6,794 |
| 2002 | #977 | 226 | #63 | 6,807 |
| 2001 | #981 | 219 | #62 | 6,613 |
| 2000 | #913 | 239 | #62 | 6,748 |
| 1999 | #786 | 279 | #58 | 6,828 |
| 1998 | #771 | 279 | #55 | 6,954 |
| 1997 | #674 | 322 | #55 | 6,855 |
| 1996 | #637 | 352 | #53 | 6,915 |
| 1995 | #537 | 441 | #47 | 7,424 |
| 1994 | #581 | 394 | #50 | 7,240 |
| 1993 | #562 | 425 | #52 | 7,639 |
| 1992 | #618 | 366 | #54 | 7,351 |
| 1991 | #611 | 369 | #63 | 6,673 |
| 1990 | #802 | 250 | #59 | 6,951 |
| 1989 | #789 | 241 | #60 | 6,543 |
| 1988 | #705 | 270 | #58 | 6,408 |
| 1987 | #829 | 210 | #60 | 6,042 |
| 1986 | #1,055 | 143 | #64 | 5,111 |
| 1985 | #1,445 | 86 | #80 | 3,909 |
| 1984 | #1,368 | 86 | #93 | 3,026 |
| 1983 | #3,065 | 27 | #123 | 2,155 |
| 1982 | #2,185 | 46 | #143 | 1,964 |
| 1981 | #2,774 | 32 | #148 | 1,873 |
| 1980 | #2,940 | 30 | #156 | 1,681 |
| 1979 | #3,777 | 20 | #156 | 1,656 |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 | #164 | 1,468 |
| 1977 | #3,366 | 22 | #153 | 1,610 |
| 1976 | #3,002 | 24 | #172 | 1,359 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 | #175 | 1,327 |
| 1974 | #2,922 | 24 | #171 | 1,385 |
| 1973 | #3,015 | 22 | #184 | 1,246 |
| 1972 | #3,543 | 17 | #196 | 1,182 |
| 1971 | #4,123 | 14 | #188 | 1,361 |
| 1970 | #3,872 | 15 | #191 | 1,403 |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 | #207 | 1,212 |
| 1968 | #3,456 | 15 | #200 | 1,163 |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 | #205 | 1,130 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | #218 | 1,023 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 | #200 | 1,246 |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 | #218 | 1,240 |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | #215 | 1,306 |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 | #217 | 1,267 |
| 1961 | #2,673 | 21 | #228 | 1,217 |
| 1960 | #2,989 | 17 | #226 | 1,230 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 | #234 | 1,164 |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 | #245 | 1,019 |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 | #253 | 896 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | #253 | 809 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #263 | 712 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | #259 | 743 |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 | #260 | 716 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | #258 | 700 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 | #254 | 690 |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 | #244 | 749 |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 | #242 | 730 |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 | #234 | 764 |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 | #228 | 794 |
| 1946 | — | #225 | 706 | |
| 1945 | — | #217 | 639 | |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | #221 | 620 |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | #222 | 660 |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #215 | 681 |
| 1941 | — | #210 | 641 | |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | #208 | 620 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #204 | 597 |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #206 | 601 |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #211 | 564 |
| 1936 | — | #210 | 564 | |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 | #207 | 581 |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 | #198 | 623 |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #197 | 606 |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #192 | 683 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | #182 | 727 |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 | #180 | 760 |
| 1929 | #1,953 | 18 | #180 | 775 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #179 | 799 |
| 1927 | #2,095 | 18 | #169 | 888 |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 | #179 | 805 |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #165 | 903 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #162 | 978 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #161 | 940 |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 | #155 | 1,003 |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 | #149 | 1,022 |
| 1920 | #2,899 | 11 | #142 | 1,069 |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | #137 | 1,082 |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | #131 | 1,207 |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | #132 | 1,081 |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 | #128 | 1,094 |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | #131 | 1,008 |
| 1914 | — | #131 | 789 | |
| 1913 | — | #130 | 604 | |
| 1912 | — | #135 | 482 | |
| 1911 | — | #129 | 268 | |
| 1910 | — | #127 | 256 | |
| 1909 | — | #123 | 227 | |
| 1908 | — | #127 | 199 | |
| 1907 | — | #127 | 186 | |
| 1906 | — | #122 | 176 | |
| 1905 | — | #133 | 166 | |
| 1904 | — | #125 | 169 | |
| 1903 | — | #135 | 138 | |
| 1902 | — | #125 | 154 | |
| 1901 | — | #120 | 138 | |
| 1900 | — | #120 | 192 | |
| 1899 | — | #122 | 133 | |
| 1898 | — | #125 | 149 | |
| 1897 | — | #128 | 130 | |
| 1896 | — | #112 | 165 | |
| 1895 | — | #117 | 143 | |
| 1894 | — | #112 | 152 | |
| 1893 | — | #120 | 133 | |
| 1892 | — | #110 | 163 | |
| 1891 | — | #109 | 133 | |
| 1890 | — | #111 | 147 | |
| 1889 | — | #114 | 127 | |
| 1888 | — | #102 | 167 | |
| 1887 | — | #104 | 136 | |
| 1886 | — | #96 | 161 | |
| 1885 | — | #92 | 159 | |
| 1884 | — | #105 | 148 | |
| 1883 | — | #108 | 120 | |
| 1882 | — | #89 | 172 | |
| 1881 | — | #109 | 114 | |
| 1880 | — | #92 | 147 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Alex was already there! It came in at #92, and was given to 147 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 150 boys a year got the name.
Where Alex is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- District of Columbia#108 · 1 in 550
- California#139 · 1 in 718
- New Jersey#142 · 1 in 976
- New York#144 · 1 in 910
- Massachusetts#145 · 1 in 1,345
Best ever in a state: #17 in Alaska, 1924.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #108 | 17 | 1 in 550 |
| California | #139 | 209 | 1 in 718 |
| New Jersey | #142 | 47 | 1 in 976 |
| New York | #144 | 134 | 1 in 910 |
| Massachusetts | #145 | 28 | 1 in 1,345 |
| New Mexico | #147 | 14 | 1 in 631 |
| Arizona | #148 | 24 | 1 in 706 |
| Idaho | #166 | 6 | 1 in 972 |
| Florida | #169 | 56 | 1 in 902 |
| Oklahoma | #185 | 15 | 1 in 1,260 |
| Hawaii | #186 | 7 | 1 in 863 |
| Colorado | #190 | 15 | 1 in 1,207 |
| Illinois | #195 | 63 | 1 in 1,313 |
| Texas | #195 | 110 | 1 in 967 |
| North Carolina | #200 | 32 | 1 in 1,300 |
| Oregon | #201 | 10 | 1 in 1,452 |
| Connecticut | #203 | 10 | 1 in 1,784 |
| Michigan | #203 | 42 | 1 in 1,640 |
| Pennsylvania | #205 | 38 | 1 in 2,083 |
| Ohio | #208 | 43 | 1 in 1,892 |
| Alabama | #217 | 18 | 1 in 1,535 |
| Utah | #220 | 7 | 1 in 1,732 |
| Mississippi | #221 | 15 | 1 in 1,328 |
| Louisiana | #231 | 25 | 1 in 1,249 |
| Indiana | #232 | 19 | 1 in 2,191 |
| Arkansas | #235 | 9 | 1 in 1,662 |
| Kentucky | #237 | 13 | 1 in 2,041 |
| Wisconsin | #237 | 12 | 1 in 2,533 |
| Missouri | #240 | 18 | 1 in 1,952 |
| Tennessee | #244 | 16 | 1 in 2,008 |
| Washington | #254 | 10 | 1 in 2,179 |
| Georgia | #255 | 23 | 1 in 1,762 |
| Iowa | #263 | 6 | 1 in 3,193 |
| South Carolina | #269 | 11 | 1 in 1,979 |
| Kansas | #275 | 6 | 1 in 2,391 |
| Minnesota | #280 | 7 | 1 in 3,827 |
| Maryland | #301 | 7 | 1 in 3,369 |
| Virginia | #344 | 9 | 1 in 3,708 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Alex
- 27 spots since 2024 (#205 → #232)
- 49 spots since 2020 (#183 → #232)
- 98 spots since 2015 (#134 → #232)
- Biggest jump: 30 spots in 1984 (#123 → #93)
- Biggest drop: 27 spots in 2025 (#205 → #232)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1995 at #47 (7,424 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 18 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 33 yrs · run 1984–2012
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 256 boys born in 1995 were named Alex (0.39%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,127 boys born in 2025 (0.09%)
- 24.8% of all boys named Alex (70,830) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,451 | #89 (1882) | #101 |
| 1890s | 1,448 | #109 (1891) | #117 |
| 1900s | 1,745 | #120 (1900) | #126 |
| 1910s | 7,871 | #127 (1910) | #131 |
| 1920s | 9,182 | #142 (1920) | #164 |
| 1930s | 6,306 | #180 (1930) | #199 |
| 1940s | 6,855 | #208 (1940) | #222 |
| 1950s | 8,198 | #234 (1959) | #252 |
| 1960s | 12,034 | #200 (1965) | #213 |
| 1970s | 13,997 | #153 (1977) | #175 |
| 1980s | 38,712 | #58 (1988) | #99 |
| 1990s | 70,830 | #47 (1995) | #55 |
| 2000s | 63,781 | #62 (2003) | #69 |
| 2010s | 32,605 | #93 (2010) | #127 |
| 2020s | 11,154 | #183 (2020) | #201 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Alex in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 89,485 of them was named Alex, which outranked 63.3% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,404Waleska18
- #3,404Yolandra18
- #3,404Zara18
- #3,543Alex17
- #3,543Abena17
- #3,543Alicea17
- #3,543Alita17
- #3,714Adella16
- #3,714Adelle16
- #3,714Adrena16
Tied with 170 names at #3,543; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 1,372 of them was named Alex, which outranked 96.6% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.