NameTides

Alex

Alex was the #232 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,515 babies), and #207 in England & Wales and #255 in Canada.

Alex as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Alex as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandNorthern IrelandScotlandEngland & WalesUSCanada
Alex as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#232 (1,515)#207 (243)#178 (23)#159 (14)#37 (128)#255 (132)——
2024#205 (1,728)#171 (295)#135 (36)#108 (21)#36 (155)#208 (161)——
2023#203 (1,814)#152 (346)#168 (27)#113 (22)#27 (175)#212 (153)——
2022#189 (2,006)#139 (394)#121 (47)#77 (35)#24 (216)#199 (174)——
2021#192 (1,969)#122 (474)#143 (36)#79 (38)#21 (253)#202 (184)——
2020#183 (2,122)#108 (560)#115 (49)#84 (35)#21 (256)#153 (234)——
2019#165 (2,401)#106 (594)#95 (63)#57 (52)#14 (302)#126 (287)——
2018#153 (2,526)#91 (696)#85 (70)#58 (51)#16 (292)#137 (273)——
2017#151 (2,606)#92 (716)#104 (60)#58 (52)#12 (347)#117 (327)——
2016#146 (2,855)#84 (813)#89 (75)#63 (50)#17 (320)#117 (340)——
2015#134 (3,113)#75 (900)#110 (60)#51 (59)#13 (361)#94 (409)—#97 (65)
2014#128 (3,192)#75 (903)#99 (71)#42 (70)#12 (383)#94 (419)—#83 (77)
2013#110 (3,559)#65 (986)#89 (71)#44 (65)#12 (406)#91 (430)#90 (112)#94 (75)
2012#98 (3,870)#65 (1,064)#82 (85)#57 (56)#18 (392)#93 (426)#90 (121)#79 (89)
2011#95 (4,041)#59 (1,129)#104 (65)#35 (77)#10 (492)#81 (461)#90 (116)#93 (74)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1995 at #47.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,100 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 850common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 590common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 190very common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Alex is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,100 to 1 in 1,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alex by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #340WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #220WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #226NDMinnesota: #275MNIllinois: #211ILMichigan: #345MINew York: #248NYMassachusetts: #207MAOregon: #312ORNevada: #213NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #257SDIowa: #346IAIndiana: #272INOhio: #298OHPennsylvania: #286PANew Jersey: #199NJConnecticut: #197CTRhode Island: #140RICalifornia: #153CAUtah: #473UTColorado: #398CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #326MOKentucky: #281KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #260VAMaryland: #268MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #209AZNew Mexico: #193NMKansas: #297KSArkansas: #273ARTennessee: #273TNNorth Carolina: #309NCSouth Carolina: #327SCDistrict of Columbia: #168DCOklahoma: #351OKLouisiana: #278LAMississippi: #312MSAlabama: #223ALGeorgia: #258GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #207TXFlorida: #142FL
Alex (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#19228
Ontario2024#26451

Alex (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AlexCanadaGirls#1,97411
AlexCanadaBoys#255132
AlexEngland & WalesGirls#2,60510
AlexEngland & WalesBoys#207243
AlexIrelandGirls#30413
AlexIrelandBoys#37128
AlexNorthern IrelandGirls#3973
AlexNorthern IrelandBoys#15914
AlexNSWBoys—too few
AlexScotlandGirls#5395
AlexScotlandBoys#17823
AlexUSGirls#2,48571
AlexUSBoys#2321,515
AlexVICBoys—too few