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.

Alexei*

#3,768 most common boys' name of all time · #9,187 across all names · 92% male / 8% female · used 1961–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#3,768
Rank overall
#9,187 of 105,966
First appeared
1961
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
1,486
Since 2016
420
Peak year
2021 #2,565
Best rank
#2,111 2000
Girls Boys peak 56/yr
198020002020

Alexei first appears in 1961. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 36 36 #3,267
2024 — 47 47 #2,762
2023 — 34 34 #3,443
2022 6 45 51 #2,846
2021 5 51 56 #2,565
2020 — 41 41 #2,904
2019 — 47 47 #2,711
2018 — 37 37 #3,130
2017 — 37 37 #3,149
2016 — 34 34 #3,313
2015 6 39 45 #2,995
2014 — 35 35 #3,182
2013 — 32 32 #3,367
2012 — 25 25 #4,044
2011 5 29 34 #3,634
2010 7 36 43 #3,153
2009 — 29 29 #3,660
2008 5 40 45 #2,968
2007 6 27 33 #3,833
2006 — 38 38 #2,948
2005 — 45 45 #2,507
2004 8 34 42 #2,984
2003 5 35 40 #2,811
2002 8 34 42 #2,785
2001 5 48 53 #2,163
2000 6 48 54 #2,111
1999 7 27 34 #3,057
1998 12 35 47 #2,479
1997 9 30 39 #2,639
1996 10 23 33 #3,153
1995 — 19 19 #3,497
1994 — 25 25 #2,899
1993 7 18 25 #3,578
1992 — 18 18 #3,519
1991 — 5 5 #8,659
1990 — 5 5 #8,553
1989 — 8 8 #5,880
1988 — 11 11 #4,319
1987 — 8 8 #5,196
1986 — 8 8 #5,081
1984 — 9 9 #4,393
1983 — 8 8 #4,696
1982 — 13 13 #3,394
1980 — 9 9 #4,328
1979 — 8 8 #4,641
1978 — 11 11 #3,532
1977 — 10 10 #3,749
1976 — 5 5 #6,016
1975 — 13 13 #3,020
1974 — 7 7 #4,467
1973 — 8 8 #3,934
1972 — 5 5 #5,435
1971 — 5 5 #5,384
1970 — 11 11 #3,046
1968 — 13 13 #2,435
1967 — 6 6 #3,905
1961 — 5 5 #4,587