Alexus

#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births · Last seen for boys in 2016 at #10,744
Given to girls 98.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1996 · 1,703 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
18,632
since 1982

Alexus over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Alexus has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201999peak #178, 1996girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#9,45710—
2024#5,79921—
2023#7,64014—
2022#5,17225—
2021#6,41418—
2020#4,88026—
2019#4,34332—
2018#3,73940—
2017#3,09152—
2016#3,01055#10,7446
2015#2,20985—
2014#1,818112—
2013#1,496148—
2012#1,315179#12,2745
2011#1,311179—
2010#976261#12,2315
2009#887309—
2008#715416—
2007#627476#8,1739
2006#548538#9,5857
2005#528547#7,6409
2004#425713#4,79317
2003#370814#8,6437
2002#317969#5,72512
2001#2801,121#6,44510
2000#2521,281#5,04014
1999#2281,403#4,34116
1998#1841,654#3,48621
1997#1831,674#4,45114
1996#1781,703#3,83017
1995#2341,213#5,50110
1994#2501,111#3,91116
1993#354726#3,36819
1992#617367#5,6609
1991#952199#5,5219
1990#1,81379—
1989#6,16013—
1988#6,27712—
1987#7,3539—
1986#9,5456—
1985——
1984#5,89911—
1983#9,0156—
1982#10,5175#5,6196
1981—#6,2625
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First appearance
1982

The first year at least five girls were named Alexus! It came in at #10,517, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1985, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Alexus is popular in 1999

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Alexus, so not publishedAKMaine: #164 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 629 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Alexus, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Alexus, so not publishedNHWashington: #350 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,719 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Alexus, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Alexus, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alexus, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #252 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,315 girlsMNIllinois: #227 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 1,091 girlsILWisconsin: #204 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,009 girlsWIMichigan: #189 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 968 girlsMINew York: #301 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 1,721 girlsNYMassachusetts: #503 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,485 girlsMARhode Island: #205 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 830 girlsRIOregon: #312 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,359 girlsORNevada: #239 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 922 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Alexus, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alexus, so not publishedSDIowa: #285 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,375 girlsIAIndiana: #150 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 707 girlsINOhio: #170 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 867 girlsOHPennsylvania: #241 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 1,287 girlsPANew Jersey: #295 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,661 girlsNJConnecticut: #345 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,918 girlsCTCalifornia: #372 for girls · 109 births · 1 in 2,010 girlsCAUtah: #409 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,076 girlsUTColorado: #383 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,922 girlsCONebraska: #246 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,000 girlsNEMissouri: #209 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,009 girlsMOKentucky: #151 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 669 girlsKYWest Virginia: #213 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,039 girlsWVVirginia: #173 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 838 girlsVAMaryland: #317 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,596 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Alexus, so not publishedDEArizona: #265 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,171 girlsAZNew Mexico: #370 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,622 girlsNMKansas: #158 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 656 girlsKSArkansas: #206 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 906 girlsARTennessee: #152 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 696 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #136 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 644 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #88 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 377 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Alexus, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #151 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 642 girlsOKLouisiana: #119 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 525 girlsLAMississippi: #75 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 337 girlsMSAlabama: #138 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 639 girlsALGeorgia: #125 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 626 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Alexus, so not publishedHITexas: #216 for girls · 141 births · 1 in 1,044 girlsTXFlorida: #218 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 1,115 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#75 · 1 in 337
  2. South Carolina#88 · 1 in 377
  3. Louisiana#119 · 1 in 525
  4. Georgia#125 · 1 in 626
  5. North Carolina#136 · 1 in 644

Best ever in a state: #56 in Mississippi, 1998.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#75351 in 337
South Carolina#88451 in 377
Louisiana#119421 in 525
Georgia#125731 in 626
North Carolina#136661 in 644
Alabama#138331 in 639
Indiana#150471 in 707
Kentucky#151301 in 669
Oklahoma#151261 in 642
Tennessee#152441 in 696
Kansas#158201 in 656
Maine#16471 in 629
Ohio#170711 in 867
Virginia#173411 in 838
Michigan#189531 in 968
Wisconsin#204251 in 1,009
Rhode Island#20551 in 830
Arkansas#206131 in 906
Missouri#209291 in 1,009
West Virginia#21371 in 1,039
Texas#2161411 in 1,044
Florida#218671 in 1,115
Illinois#227641 in 1,091
Nevada#239101 in 922
Pennsylvania#241451 in 1,287
Nebraska#24681 in 1,000
Minnesota#252191 in 1,315
Arizona#265261 in 1,171
Iowa#285101 in 1,375
New Jersey#295251 in 1,661
New York#301581 in 1,721
Oregon#312121 in 1,359
Maryland#317151 in 1,596
Connecticut#34581 in 1,918
Washington#350171 in 1,719
New Mexico#37051 in 1,622
California#3721091 in 2,010
Colorado#383121 in 1,922
Utah#40981 in 2,076
Massachusetts#50391 in 3,485
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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 Alexus
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 3,658 spots since 2024 (#5,799 → #9,457)
  • 4,577 spots since 2020 (#4,880 → #9,457)
  • 7,248 spots since 2015 (#2,209 → #9,457)
  • Biggest jump: 861 spots in 1991 (#1,813 → #952)
  • Biggest drop: 335 spots in 2011 (#976 → #1,311)
Rise & fade · girls
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1982
  • Peaked 1996 at #178 (1,703 births)
  • Births halved by 2003, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1991–2010
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,029
  • Highest: 1 in 1,029 girls born in 1996 were named Alexus (0.10%)
  • Latest: 1 in 160,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 54.4% of all girls named Alexus (10,129) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s62#5,899 (1984)#7,824
1990s10,129#178 (1996)#499
2000s7,184#252 (2000)#495
2010s1,143#976 (2010)#2,331
2020s114#4,880 (2020)#6,560

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.

Alexus in 1999

girls
#228
1,403 births · 1 in 1,264 girls
boys
#4,341
16 births · 1 in 120,009 boys

Top girls' names in 1999

  1. #1Emily26,542
  2. #2Hannah21,679
  3. #3Alexis19,237
  4. #4Sarah19,119
  5. #5Samantha19,044
  6. #6Ashley18,136
  7. #7Madison18,054
  8. #8Taylor16,906
  9. #9Jessica16,350
  10. #10Elizabeth15,350
  11. #228Alexus1,403

Top boys' names in 1999

  1. #1Jacob35,371
  2. #2Michael33,915
  3. #3Matthew30,418
  4. #4Joshua27,265
  5. #5Nicholas25,639
  6. #6Christopher25,604
  7. #7Andrew23,866
  8. #8Joseph23,220
  9. #9Daniel22,704
  10. #10Tyler22,669
  11. #4,341Alexus16
More about 1999

girls

1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 1,264 of them was named Alexus, which outranked 98.7% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alexus
  1. #225Amelia1,421
  2. #225Nancy1,421
  3. #227Asia1,417
  4. #228Alexus1,403
  5. #229Kate1,400
  6. #230Payton1,394
  7. #231Tara1,393
Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,407Citlalli#2,338 → #931
  2. ↑ 1,329Noelia#2,048 → #719
  3. ↑ 1,060Amaya#1,458 → #398
  4. ↑ 864Kyara#1,789 → #925
  5. ↑ 604Journey#1,557 → #953
Fallers
  1. ↓ 579Erykah#779 → #1,358
  2. ↓ 417Tea#747 → #1,164
  3. ↓ 415Tasia#800 → #1,215
  4. ↓ 406Monika#930 → #1,336
  5. ↓ 357Chase#952 → #1,309

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

boys

1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 120,009 of them was named Alexus, which outranked 62.6% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alexus
  1. #4,162Yannick17
  2. #4,162Yobani17
  3. #4,162Zacariah17
  4. #4,341Alexus16
  5. #4,341Abdoul16
  6. #4,341Abhay16
  7. #4,341Abubakar16
  8. #4,537Able15
  9. #4,537Adams15
  10. #4,537Ade15

Tied with 195 names at #4,341; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,239Trajan#2,235 → #996
  2. ↑ 669Tyreese#1,558 → #889
  3. ↑ 595Latrell#1,231 → #636
  4. ↑ 420Zion#694 → #274
  5. ↑ 414Xander#1,338 → #924
Fallers
  1. ↓ 381Jaret#555 → #936
  2. ↓ 362Kordell#841 → #1,203
  3. ↓ 313Juwan#524 → #837
  4. ↓ 296Jarett#743 → #1,039
  5. ↓ 288Christion#989 → #1,277

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

See the top 100 for 1999 →