Recorded 1882–2025 · United States
Alexis was most popular in 1998, when 22,095 American babies were given the name — ranking #15 that year. In 2025 it ranked #589, with 1,131 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 412,632 people named Alexis.
Alexis first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1882, which makes it about 143 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 118 of the 144 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 412,632 American births named Alexis between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 404,692 are estimated to be alive today.
1,131 American babies were named Alexis in 2025, ranking #589 that year.
Alexis is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 1,369 births a year, against 6,157 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -78% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Alexis is mostly a girl’s name — 83.5% of the 412,632 Americans given it were girls and 16.5% were boys. It changed hands: since 2024 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 64% girls and 36% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 404,692 Americans named Alexis are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 26 years old, and half are between 20 and 31. That is a narrow band: Alexis arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Greek · "helper, defender"
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org