Alexes

Last seen for girls in 2011 at #10,374 · Last seen for boys in 2009 at #8,985
Given to girls 83.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
#2,412
1994 · 53 births
Debut · girls
1976
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
700
since 1976

Alexes over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201998peak #2,412, 1994peak #4,668, 1997girlsboys
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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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2005#5,80021#6,63411
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2003#3,47241#8,6437
2002#3,59537#9,3926
2001#4,20929#7,5368
2000#2,97447#5,04014
1999#2,78249#5,31712
1998#2,73149#8,4796
1997#2,59049#4,66813
1996#2,42353#6,4968
1995#2,88041#6,4078
1994#2,41253#6,3728
1993#4,10025#8,7005
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First appearance
1976

The first year at least five girls were named Alexes! It came in at #8,156, and was given to 6 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1977–1982, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Alexes is popular in 1998

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,279 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 27,627 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedHITexas: #2,427 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 28,689 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Alexes, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#2,279 · 1 in 27,627
  2. Texas#2,427 · 1 in 28,689

Best ever in a state: #1,006 in Ohio, 1994.

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See more about Alexes
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2011
Rise & fade · girls
18 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1976
  • Peaked 1994 at #2,412 (53 births)
  • Births halved by 2004, 10 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 33,076
  • Highest: 1 in 33,076 girls born in 1996 were named Alexes (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 175,907 girls born in 2011 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,412 in 1994, was only 1 in 33,693 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 52.7% of all girls named Alexes (369) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s6#8,156 (1976)#8,156
1980s45#5,286 (1989)#7,774
1990s369#2,412 (1994)#3,684
2000s260#2,974 (2000)#5,855
2010s20#10,374 (2011)#10,413

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.

Alexes in 1998

girls
#2,731
49 births · 1 in 36,060 girls
boys
#8,479
6 births · 1 in 318,561 boys

Top girls' names in 1998

  1. #1Emily26,188
  2. #2Hannah21,376
  3. #3Samantha20,195
  4. #4Sarah19,898
  5. #5Ashley19,875
  6. #6Alexis19,778
  7. #7Taylor18,576
  8. #8Jessica18,239
  9. #9Madison17,787
  10. #10Elizabeth15,193
  11. #2,731Alexes49

Top boys' names in 1998

  1. #1Michael36,618
  2. #2Jacob36,031
  3. #3Matthew31,146
  4. #4Joshua28,095
  5. #5Christopher27,007
  6. #6Nicholas26,632
  7. #7Brandon23,832
  8. #8Tyler23,712
  9. #9Andrew23,664
  10. #10Austin23,478
  11. #8,479Alexes6
More about 1998

girls

1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 36,060 of them was named Alexes, which outranked 83.5% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alexes
  1. #2,691Takayla50
  2. #2,691Tyrah50
  3. #2,691Vannessa50
  4. #2,731Alexes49
  5. #2,731Adison49
  6. #2,731Alaya49
  7. #2,731Araya49
  8. #2,756Aine48
  9. #2,756Alona48
  10. #2,756Amberlee48

Tied with 24 names at #2,731; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,123Calista#2,820 → #697
  2. ↑ 1,165Ireland#1,983 → #818
  3. ↑ 1,158Abril#2,116 → #958
  4. ↑ 755Mya#993 → #238
  5. ↑ 619Ally#1,036 → #417
Fallers
  1. ↓ 586Yulissa#424 → #1,010
  2. ↓ 462Moesha#943 → #1,405
  3. ↓ 397Yulisa#985 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 376Tonya#905 → #1,281
  5. ↓ 347Xena#765 → #1,112

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

boys

1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 318,561 of them was named Alexes, which outranked 25.0% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alexes
  1. #7,560Ziyad7
  2. #7,560Zong7
  3. #7,560Zoran7
  4. #8,479Alexes6
  5. #8,479Abby6
  6. #8,479Abd6
  7. #8,479Abdi6
  8. #9,631Aadil5
  9. #9,631Aaliyah5
  10. #9,631Aaronmichael5

Tied with 1,151 names at #8,479; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,736Tyrese#2,347 → #611
  2. ↑ 805Zion#1,499 → #694
  3. ↑ 785Mekhi#1,706 → #921
  4. ↑ 743Tyriq#1,519 → #776
  5. ↑ 741Tavian#1,599 → #858
Fallers
  1. ↓ 429Coty#918 → #1,347
  2. ↓ 367Anfernee#838 → #1,205
  3. ↓ 326Jessy#962 → #1,288
  4. ↓ 295Mickey#966 → #1,261
  5. ↓ 280Mikal#1,000 → #1,280

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

See the top 100 for 1998 →