Elex
#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · boys
- 1902 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 776since 1888
Elex over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Elex has never cracked the top 800 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #7,289 | 11 |
| 2022 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #8,825 | 8 |
| 2020 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #8,816 | 8 |
| 2015 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #2,663 | 10 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 10 |
| 1953 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #2,467 | 9 |
| 1943 | #2,405 | 10 |
| 1942 | #2,523 | 9 |
| 1941 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #2,084 | 12 |
| 1937 | #1,913 | 14 |
| 1936 | #2,062 | 12 |
| 1935 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | #1,905 | 14 |
| 1932 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1930 | #2,444 | 11 |
| 1929 | #2,317 | 12 |
| 1928 | #1,960 | 16 |
| 1927 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,435 | 12 |
| 1924 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #2,446 | 12 |
| 1922 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1921 | #2,152 | 15 |
| 1920 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #1,882 | 17 |
| 1918 | #2,398 | 12 |
| 1917 | #2,562 | 10 |
| 1916 | #1,594 | 20 |
| 1915 | #2,458 | 10 |
| 1914 | #1,975 | 11 |
| 1913 | #1,580 | 12 |
| 1912 | #1,619 | 10 |
| 1911 | #1,290 | 8 |
| 1910 | #981 | 11 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #999 | 8 |
| 1906 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #862 | 8 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #982 | 6 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #907 | 6 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,031 | 5 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1888
The first year at least five boys were named Elex! It came in at #1,031, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1888–1892, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 3,021 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #12,008)
- 14 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #12,008)
- 2,440 spots since 2015 (#9,568 → #12,008)
- Biggest jump: 112 spots in 1907 (#1,111 → #999)
- Biggest drop: 309 spots in 1911 (#981 → #1,290)
Rise & fade · boys
14 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1902 at #862 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1903, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · 1893–1910
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,333
- Highest: 1 in 15,333 boys born in 1902 were named Elex (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
- 15.6% of all boys named Elex (121) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,031 (1888) | #1,031 |
| 1890s | 17 | #907 (1893) | #1,003 |
| 1900s | 32 | #862 (1902) | #1,103 |
| 1910s | 121 | #981 (1910) | #1,834 |
| 1920s | 111 | #1,960 (1928) | #2,458 |
| 1930s | 100 | #1,905 (1933) | #2,529 |
| 1940s | 66 | #2,405 (1943) | #2,905 |
| 1950s | 58 | #2,494 (1957) | #3,233 |
| 1960s | 43 | #2,982 (1965) | #3,675 |
| 1970s | 33 | #3,857 (1978) | #4,697 |
| 1980s | 31 | #4,457 (1986) | #5,739 |
| 1990s | 39 | #5,236 (1992) | #7,885 |
| 2000s | 22 | #9,243 (2001) | #10,159 |
| 2010s | 56 | #8,816 (2016) | #10,715 |
| 2020s | 42 | #7,289 (2023) | #10,244 |
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.
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