NameTides

Alexei

Alexei was the #3,240 boys' name in the US in 2025 (36 babies), and #2,440 in England & Wales and #2,789 in Canada.

Alexei as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Alexei as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Alexei as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#3,240 (36)#2,440 (9)#2,789 (6)
2024#2,750 (47)#1,859 (13)#2,710 (6)
2023#3,416 (34)#2,547 (8)#1,947 (9)
2022#2,830 (45)#2,530 (8)#1,415 (14)
2021#2,552 (51)#2,730 (7)#1,761 (10)
2020#2,886 (41)#2,682 (7)#1,261 (16)
2019#2,694 (47)#2,266 (9)—
2018#3,106 (37)#3,011 (6)—
2017#3,123 (37)#2,734 (7)#2,439 (6)
2016#3,293 (34)#1,903 (12)#1,988 (8)
2015#2,966 (39)#2,707 (7)#1,956 (8)
2014#3,154 (35)#2,690 (7)#1,778 (9)
2013#3,339 (32)#1,920 (11)#1,654 (10)
2012#4,003 (25)#2,117 (10)#1,403 (13)
2011#3,605 (29)#1,909 (11)#1,681 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #2,552.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1961.
  • In 2022, 12% of US babies named Alexei were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 48,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 48,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 30,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 26,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Alexei is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 49,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 37,000 to 1 in 66,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alexei by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,203CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,574TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Alexei (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AlexeiCanadaBoys#2,7896
AlexeiEngland & WalesBoys#2,4409
AlexeiNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AlexeiUSGirls—too few
AlexeiUSBoys#3,24036