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 2006
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#579 · 1 in 2,501
- Texas#3,060 · 1 in 33,235
Best ever in a state: #233 in Mississippi, 1995.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Mississippi | #579 | 5 | 1 in 2,501 |
| Texas | #3,060 | 5 | 1 in 33,235 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 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 2006
Top girls' names in 2006
More about 2006
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1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 33,950 of them was named Alexius, which outranked 85.0% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,978Richelle57
- #2,978Shamaya57
- #2,978Sharlene57
- #3,017Alexius56
- #3,017Adrionna56
- #3,017Analy56
- #3,017Annastasia56
- #3,054Aleeya55
- #3,054Aris55
- #3,054Armoni55
Tied with 36 names at #3,017; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 8,571Bethzy#9,452 → #881
- ↑ 1,747Rihanna#2,278 → #531
- ↑ 965Yaretzi#1,803 → #838
- ↑ 921Betsy#1,668 → #747
- ↑ 612Evangeline#1,210 → #598
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.