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Alex
Pronounced /ˈæl.ɪks/
Rank in 2024
#205
Born in 2024
1,722
Peak year
1993 · #52
Origin
Ancient Greek
Also recorded for girls:87 in 2024 (#2,187)
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,722 boys were named Alex, about 1 in every 996.
- It peaked in 1993 with 7,641 babies, ranked #52.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 284,633 boys have been named Alex since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Alex per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 1.0Greatest1901–27
- 0.6Silent1928–45
- 0.5Boomers1946–64
- 0.8Gen X1965–80
- 2.9Millennials1981–96
- 3.1Gen Z1997–12
- 1.4Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 17,032 babies, 1.02 per 1,000. Silent: 11,741 babies, 0.57 per 1,000. Boomers: 17,452 babies, 0.46 per 1,000. Gen X: 21,457 babies, 0.79 per 1,000. Millennials: 87,227 babies, 2.87 per 1,000. Gen Z: 96,764 babies, 3.08 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 29,869 babies, 1.37 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Clipping of Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros) 'he who wards off men', i.e. protector, possibly of Hittite origin. Also from Alexius, from the same Ancient Greek first element, "helping, defending". These two origins of Alex are indistinguishable in most languages. The female name has the same root, a clipping of Alexandra or the female name Alexis, in some cases also a spelling variant of Alix. ==== Proper noun ==== Alex (plural Alexes) A unisex given name from Ancient Greek. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations =====
- A unisex given name from Ancient Greek.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /ˈæl.ɪks/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Alex, CC BY-SA 4.0.