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Alexis
Pronounced /əˈlɛks.ɪs/
Rank in 2024
#508
Born in 2024
604
Peak year
1998 · #6
Origin
Ancient Greek
Also recorded for boys:636 in 2024 (#484)
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 604 girls were named Alexis, about 1 in every 2,671.
- It peaked in 1998 with 19,778 babies, ranked #6.
- It first shows up in the records in 1931.
- 343,984 girls have been named Alexis since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Alexis per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- 0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.3Gen X1965–80
- 3.5Millennials1981–96
- 7.1Gen Z1997–12
- 1.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 381 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 3,734 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Gen X: 8,236 babies, 0.32 per 1,000. Millennials: 100,066 babies, 3.54 per 1,000. Gen Z: 207,204 babies, 7.13 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 24,363 babies, 1.20 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From French Alexis, from Latin Alexis, ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἄλεξις (Álexis, “helper, defender”).
- A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek, transferred from the male name and used since the 1940s.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /əˈlɛks.ɪs/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Alexis, CC BY-SA 4.0.