Elex
#5,589 most common boys' name of all time · #13,923 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1888–2025
Rank among boys
#5,589
Rank overall
#13,923 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
97 of 146
All-time
776
Since 2016
68
Peak year
1916 #1,614
Best rank
#924 1902
Girls
Boys
peak 20/yr
Elex first appears in 1888. 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 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,056 |
| 2024 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,027 |
| 2023 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,311 |
| 2022 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,387 |
| 2021 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,851 |
| 2020 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,082 |
| 2019 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,930 |
| 2018 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,221 |
| 2017 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,301 |
| 2016 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,852 |
| 2015 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,608 |
| 2014 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,169 |
| 2013 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,704 |
| 2012 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,824 |
| 2010 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,289 |
| 2005 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,198 |
| 2003 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,962 |
| 2001 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,295 |
| 2000 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1999 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,974 |
| 1998 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,613 |
| 1997 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,174 |
| 1995 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,847 |
| 1993 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,770 |
| 1992 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,267 |
| 1987 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,152 |
| 1986 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,500 |
| 1983 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,327 |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,464 |
| 1980 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,602 |
| 1979 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,412 |
| 1978 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,888 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,930 |
| 1973 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,104 |
| 1971 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1969 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,007 |
| 1968 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,757 |
| 1967 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,044 |
| 1965 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,042 |
| 1963 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,125 |
| 1961 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1960 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,115 |
| 1959 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,701 |
| 1957 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,533 |
| 1956 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,598 |
| 1954 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,635 |
| 1953 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,878 |
| 1952 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,808 |
| 1951 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,434 |
| 1950 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,759 |
| 1949 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,855 |
| 1948 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,373 |
| 1947 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,435 |
| 1945 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,065 |
| 1944 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,518 |
| 1943 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,451 |
| 1942 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,576 |
| 1941 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,205 |
| 1940 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,206 |
| 1939 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,185 |
| 1938 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,126 |
| 1937 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,943 |
| 1936 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,110 |
| 1935 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,718 |
| 1934 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,434 |
| 1933 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,940 |
| 1932 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,690 |
| 1931 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,148 |
| 1930 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,497 |
| 1929 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,359 |
| 1928 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,996 |
| 1927 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,231 |
| 1925 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,473 |
| 1924 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,571 |
| 1923 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,490 |
| 1922 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,390 |
| 1921 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,179 |
| 1920 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,810 |
| 1919 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,916 |
| 1918 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,428 |
| 1917 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,609 |
| 1916 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,614 |
| 1915 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,498 |
| 1914 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,019 |
| 1913 | — | 12 | 12 | #1,623 |
| 1912 | — | 10 | 10 | #1,685 |
| 1911 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,341 |
| 1910 | — | 11 | 11 | #1,034 |
| 1907 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,074 |
| 1906 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,209 |
| 1905 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,346 |
| 1902 | — | 8 | 8 | #924 |
| 1900 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,438 |
| 1898 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,245 |
| 1896 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,077 |
| 1893 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,019 |
| 1888 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,152 |