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.
Where Alexius is popular in 1982
No state had 5 or more girls named Alexius in 1982, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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 1982
Top girls' names in 1982
Top boys' names in 1982
More about 1982
girls
1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 105,833 of them was named Alexius, which outranked 63.3% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,347Xavier17
- #4,347Xochilt17
- #4,347Zinnia17
- #4,527Alexius16
- #4,527Adelia16
- #4,527Albert16
- #4,527Aleena16
- #4,716Adriel15
- #4,716Aftin15
- #4,716Alaine15
Tied with 188 names at #4,527; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,814,447 boys got a published name in 1982; 1 in 164,950 of them was named Alexius, which outranked 49.9% of the 7,367 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,482Yoshio12
- #3,482Zebadiah12
- #3,482Zeth12
- #3,692Alexius11
- #3,692Abbas11
- #3,692Alegandro11
- #3,692Aloysius11
- #3,966Abdel10
- #3,966Able10
- #3,966Agapito10
Tied with 273 names at #3,692; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.