Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Alex

#128 most common boys' name of all time · #263 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#128
Rank overall
#263 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
295,991
Since 2016
22,938
Peak year
1993 #52
Best rank
#47 1995
Girls Boys peak 8,064/yr
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Alex is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 71 1,515 1,586 #232
2024 88 1,728 1,816 #205
2023 100 1,814 1,914 #203
2022 148 2,006 2,154 #189
2021 130 1,969 2,099 #192
2020 171 2,122 2,293 #183
2019 151 2,401 2,552 #165
2018 171 2,526 2,697 #153
2017 189 2,606 2,795 #151
2016 177 2,855 3,032 #146
2015 187 3,113 3,300 #134
2014 160 3,192 3,352 #128
2013 146 3,559 3,705 #110
2012 132 3,870 4,002 #98
2011 168 4,041 4,209 #95
2010 173 4,442 4,615 #93
2009 174 5,174 5,348 #83
2008 169 5,400 5,569 #84
2007 192 6,275 6,467 #72
2006 234 6,670 6,904 #67
2005 229 6,488 6,717 #71
2004 242 6,812 7,054 #63
2003 220 6,794 7,014 #62
2002 226 6,807 7,033 #63
2001 219 6,613 6,832 #62
2000 239 6,748 6,987 #62
1999 279 6,828 7,107 #58
1998 279 6,954 7,233 #56
1997 322 6,855 7,177 #55
1996 352 6,915 7,267 #53
1995 441 7,424 7,865 #47
1994 394 7,240 7,634 #50
1993 425 7,639 8,064 #52
1992 366 7,351 7,717 #54
1991 369 6,673 7,042 #63
1990 250 6,951 7,201 #59
1989 241 6,543 6,784 #60
1988 270 6,408 6,678 #58
1987 210 6,042 6,252 #60
1986 143 5,111 5,254 #64
1985 86 3,909 3,995 #80
1984 86 3,026 3,112 #93
1983 27 2,155 2,182 #123
1982 46 1,964 2,010 #143
1981 32 1,873 1,905 #148
1980 30 1,681 1,711 #156
1979 20 1,656 1,676 #156
1978 16 1,468 1,484 #164
1977 22 1,610 1,632 #153
1976 24 1,359 1,383 #172
1975 13 1,327 1,340 #175
1974 24 1,385 1,409 #171
1973 22 1,246 1,268 #184
1972 17 1,182 1,199 #196
1971 14 1,361 1,375 #188
1970 15 1,403 1,418 #191
1969 13 1,212 1,225 #207
1968 15 1,163 1,178 #200
1967 13 1,130 1,143 #205
1966 6 1,023 1,029 #218
1965 11 1,246 1,257 #200
1964 14 1,240 1,254 #218
1963 8 1,306 1,314 #215
1962 13 1,267 1,280 #217
1961 21 1,217 1,238 #228
1960 17 1,230 1,247 #226
1959 12 1,164 1,176 #234
1958 14 1,019 1,033 #245
1957 10 896 906 #253
1956 7 809 816 #253
1955 6 712 718 #264
1954 8 743 751 #259
1953 12 716 728 #260
1952 7 700 707 #258
1951 9 690 699 #254
1950 9 749 758 #244
1949 10 730 740 #242
1948 10 764 774 #234
1947 11 794 805 #228
1946 — 706 706 #225
1945 — 639 639 #217
1944 7 620 627 #221
1943 7 660 667 #222
1942 6 681 687 #215
1941 — 641 641 #210
1940 6 620 626 #208
1939 5 597 602 #204
1938 5 601 606 #206
1937 5 564 569 #211
1936 — 564 564 #210
1935 7 581 588 #207
1934 11 623 634 #198
1933 5 606 611 #197
1932 5 683 688 #192
1931 9 727 736 #182
1930 13 760 773 #180
1929 18 775 793 #180
1928 6 799 805 #179
1927 18 888 906 #169
1926 10 805 815 #179
1925 5 903 908 #165
1924 5 978 983 #162
1923 6 940 946 #161
1922 8 1,003 1,011 #155
1921 8 1,022 1,030 #149
1920 11 1,069 1,080 #142
1919 5 1,082 1,087 #138
1918 8 1,207 1,215 #131
1917 7 1,081 1,088 #132
1916 8 1,094 1,102 #128
1915 11 1,008 1,019 #131
1914 — 789 789 #131
1913 — 604 604 #130
1912 — 482 482 #135
1911 — 268 268 #129
1910 — 256 256 #127
1909 — 227 227 #123
1908 — 199 199 #127
1907 — 186 186 #127
1906 — 176 176 #122
1905 — 166 166 #133
1904 — 169 169 #125
1903 — 138 138 #136
1902 — 154 154 #125
1901 — 138 138 #120
1900 — 192 192 #120
1899 — 133 133 #122
1898 — 149 149 #125
1897 — 130 130 #128
1896 — 165 165 #112
1895 — 143 143 #117
1894 — 152 152 #112
1893 — 133 133 #120
1892 — 163 163 #110
1891 — 133 133 #109
1890 — 147 147 #111
1889 — 127 127 #114
1888 — 167 167 #102
1887 — 136 136 #104
1886 — 161 161 #96
1885 — 159 159 #92
1884 — 148 148 #105
1883 — 120 120 #109
1882 — 172 172 #89
1881 — 114 114 #109
1880 — 147 147 #93