Alexis*
#91 most common girls' name of all time · #175 across all names · 16% male / 84% female · used 1882–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#91
Rank overall
#175 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
118 of 146
All-time
412,632
Since 2016
19,365
Peak year
1998 #6
Best rank
#3 1999
Girls
Boys
peak 22,095/yr
Alexis first appears in 1882. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 547 | 584 | 1,131 | #554 |
| 2024 | 610 | 640 | 1,250 | #501 |
| 2023 | 686 | 643 | 1,329 | #448 |
| 2022 | 881 | 670 | 1,551 | #359 |
| 2021 | 949 | 634 | 1,583 | #342 |
| 2020 | 1,033 | 616 | 1,649 | #311 |
| 2019 | 1,330 | 670 | 2,000 | #235 |
| 2018 | 1,656 | 676 | 2,332 | #179 |
| 2017 | 2,075 | 804 | 2,879 | #143 |
| 2016 | 2,696 | 965 | 3,661 | #118 |
| 2015 | 3,435 | 995 | 4,430 | #85 |
| 2014 | 4,247 | 1,175 | 5,422 | #65 |
| 2013 | 4,785 | 1,191 | 5,976 | #47 |
| 2012 | 5,375 | 1,560 | 6,935 | #40 |
| 2011 | 6,538 | 1,482 | 8,020 | #26 |
| 2010 | 8,279 | 1,621 | 9,900 | #16 |
| 2009 | 9,946 | 2,019 | 11,965 | #13 |
| 2008 | 9,734 | 2,341 | 12,075 | #15 |
| 2007 | 9,923 | 2,657 | 12,580 | #19 |
| 2006 | 11,239 | 3,203 | 14,442 | #14 |
| 2005 | 11,977 | 3,050 | 15,027 | #13 |
| 2004 | 13,477 | 4,175 | 17,652 | #11 |
| 2003 | 14,867 | 2,721 | 17,588 | #7 |
| 2002 | 15,636 | 2,379 | 18,015 | #5 |
| 2001 | 16,404 | 2,769 | 19,173 | #5 |
| 2000 | 17,631 | 2,715 | 20,346 | #6 |
| 1999 | 19,237 | 2,434 | 21,671 | #3 |
| 1998 | 19,778 | 2,317 | 22,095 | #6 |
| 1997 | 17,171 | 3,182 | 20,353 | #8 |
| 1996 | 16,592 | 1,795 | 18,387 | #8 |
| 1995 | 14,334 | 1,881 | 16,215 | #14 |
| 1994 | 13,039 | 1,288 | 14,327 | #18 |
| 1993 | 10,834 | 1,101 | 11,935 | #27 |
| 1992 | 7,948 | 767 | 8,715 | #40 |
| 1991 | 7,009 | 759 | 7,768 | #47 |
| 1990 | 5,257 | 738 | 5,995 | #66 |
| 1989 | 3,518 | 549 | 4,067 | #92 |
| 1988 | 2,900 | 418 | 3,318 | #97 |
| 1987 | 2,460 | 478 | 2,938 | #113 |
| 1986 | 2,197 | 429 | 2,626 | #129 |
| 1985 | 2,516 | 519 | 3,035 | #112 |
| 1984 | 3,292 | 475 | 3,767 | #89 |
| 1983 | 3,462 | 657 | 4,119 | #83 |
| 1982 | 3,123 | 760 | 3,883 | #93 |
| 1981 | 1,584 | 405 | 1,989 | #172 |
| 1980 | 1,269 | 352 | 1,621 | #205 |
| 1979 | 1,008 | 331 | 1,339 | #248 |
| 1978 | 771 | 254 | 1,025 | #300 |
| 1977 | 724 | 240 | 964 | #325 |
| 1976 | 693 | 214 | 907 | #323 |
| 1975 | 675 | 218 | 893 | #328 |
| 1974 | 601 | 180 | 781 | #359 |
| 1973 | 487 | 152 | 639 | #408 |
| 1972 | 397 | 136 | 533 | #467 |
| 1971 | 343 | 157 | 500 | #534 |
| 1970 | 353 | 124 | 477 | #537 |
| 1969 | 204 | 134 | 338 | #696 |
| 1968 | 175 | 111 | 286 | #751 |
| 1967 | 184 | 139 | 323 | #724 |
| 1966 | 186 | 103 | 289 | #725 |
| 1965 | 165 | 105 | 270 | #772 |
| 1964 | 104 | 86 | 190 | #1,069 |
| 1963 | 172 | 65 | 237 | #790 |
| 1962 | 154 | 76 | 230 | #851 |
| 1961 | 154 | 69 | 223 | #859 |
| 1960 | 168 | 65 | 233 | #793 |
| 1959 | 168 | 49 | 217 | #785 |
| 1958 | 185 | 46 | 231 | #726 |
| 1957 | 194 | 35 | 229 | #718 |
| 1956 | 181 | 45 | 226 | #716 |
| 1955 | 173 | 30 | 203 | #719 |
| 1954 | 177 | 33 | 210 | #699 |
| 1953 | 216 | 27 | 243 | #604 |
| 1952 | 252 | 28 | 280 | #538 |
| 1951 | 252 | 20 | 272 | #526 |
| 1950 | 230 | 18 | 248 | #544 |
| 1949 | 268 | 21 | 289 | #493 |
| 1948 | 217 | 14 | 231 | #565 |
| 1947 | 248 | 16 | 264 | #534 |
| 1946 | 221 | 16 | 237 | #531 |
| 1945 | 122 | 15 | 137 | #669 |
| 1944 | 124 | 23 | 147 | #666 |
| 1943 | 89 | 11 | 100 | #826 |
| 1942 | 36 | 16 | 52 | #1,355 |
| 1941 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #4,477 |
| 1940 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1939 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1938 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1937 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1935 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1934 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1933 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1932 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1931 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #4,386 |
| 1930 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1929 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1928 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1927 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1926 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1925 | — | 18 | 18 | — |
| 1924 | — | 14 | 14 | — |
| 1923 | — | 17 | 17 | — |
| 1922 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1921 | — | 19 | 19 | — |
| 1920 | — | 19 | 19 | — |
| 1919 | — | 18 | 18 | — |
| 1918 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1917 | — | 19 | 19 | — |
| 1916 | — | 20 | 20 | — |
| 1915 | — | 14 | 14 | — |
| 1914 | — | 14 | 14 | — |
| 1913 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1912 | — | 14 | 14 | — |
| 1911 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1907 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1895 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1887 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1882 | — | 6 | 6 | — |