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Alexis

Pronounced /əˈlɛks.ɪs/

Rank in 2024
#484
Born in 2024
636
Peak year
2004 · #103
Origin
Ancient Greek
Also recorded for girls:604 in 2024 (#508)

1880 to 2024

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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 636 boys were named Alexis, about 1 in every 2,697.
  • It peaked in 2004 with 4,175 babies, ranked #103.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1882.
  • 67,485 boys 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.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. 0.1
    Gen X
  5. 0.4
    Millennials
  6. 1.3
    Gen Z
  7. 0.4
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 251 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 192 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 759 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,950 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Millennials: 13,020 babies, 0.43 per 1,000. Gen Z: 40,624 babies, 1.29 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 9,673 babies, 0.45 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.