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Alexis

Alexis was the #513 boys' name in the US in 2025 (584 babies), and #1,466 in England & Wales and #247 in Canada.

Alexis as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Alexis as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSIrelandEngland & Wales
Alexis as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
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.
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YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#513 (584)#1,466 (18)#829 (3)#247 (137)
2024#484 (640)#1,595 (16)—#198 (174)
2023#471 (643)#1,610 (15)—#167 (192)
2022#458 (670)#1,366 (19)—#124 (264)
2021#469 (634)#1,595 (15)—#96 (349)
2020#481 (616)#1,150 (23)—#86 (375)
2019#450 (670)#1,369 (18)—#78 (422)
2018#445 (676)#1,013 (28)—#70 (470)
2017#397 (804)#1,042 (28)—#65 (486)
2016#350 (965)#818 (39)—#61 (565)
2015#344 (995)#727 (45)—#58 (580)
2014#303 (1,175)#1,061 (26)—#51 (632)
2013#295 (1,191)#1,116 (23)—#43 (733)
2012#229 (1,560)#1,191 (22)—#36 (792)
2011#242 (1,482)#2,390 (8)—#37 (822)

Alexis as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Alexis as a girl’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.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSIrelandEngland & Wales
Alexis as a girl’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.
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YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#554 (547)#997 (34)——#718 (4)#484 (63)——
2024#501 (610)#654 (59)#541 (5)——#457 (66)——
2023#448 (686)#794 (45)#749 (3)—#625 (5)#486 (60)——
2022#359 (881)#671 (56)#358 (9)—#634 (5)#299 (100)——
2021#342 (949)#529 (77)#363 (9)—#390 (10)#248 (128)——
2020#311 (1,033)#559 (70)#544 (5)——#247 (120)——
2019#235 (1,330)#448 (94)#376 (9)#424 (3)#716 (4)#191 (151)#94 (76)#95 (68)
2018#179 (1,656)#323 (147)#172 (26)#361 (4)#336 (13)#139 (203)#94 (75)#71 (75)
2017#143 (2,075)#208 (254)#115 (42)#134 (17)#289 (16)#129 (219)#66 (101)#64 (78)
2016#118 (2,696)#161 (348)#112 (42)#166 (13)#254 (18)#94 (297)#62 (113)#51 (86)
2015#85 (3,435)#141 (397)#106 (44)#161 (14)#345 (14)#66 (396)#54 (121)#63 (73)
2014#65 (4,247)#127 (437)#92 (52)#156 (13)#304 (16)#54 (456)#46 (152)#47 (95)
2013#47 (4,785)#120 (466)#96 (50)#103 (23)#197 (29)#55 (441)#46 (139)#37 (125)
2012#40 (5,375)#101 (576)#92 (54)#84 (29)#295 (17)#32 (573)#38 (162)#42 (112)
2011#26 (6,538)#101 (575)#99 (45)#100 (24)#207 (26)#28 (670)#36 (171)#37 (112)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2004 at #103.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1882.
  • In 2025, 48% of US babies named Alexis were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,900 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 2,900uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 15,000rare
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,900uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 7,500uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Alexis is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,900 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,600 to 1 in 3,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alexis by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #502WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #334ILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: #583NYMassachusetts: #467MAOregon: #529ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #844INOhio: #1,111OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: #452NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #306CAUtah: #621UTColorado: #535CONebraska: #432NEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #670VAMaryland: #407MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #392AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #512NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #504OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #765ALGeorgia: #499GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #289TXFlorida: #569FL
Alexis (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#44128
Ontario2024#1,1239

Alexis (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
AlexisCanadaGirls#48463
AlexisCanadaBoys#247137
AlexisEngland & WalesGirls#99734
AlexisEngland & WalesBoys#1,46618
AlexisIrelandGirls#7184
AlexisIrelandBoys#8293
AlexisNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AlexisNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AlexisNSWGirls—too few
AlexisScotlandGirls—too few
AlexisUSGirls#554547
AlexisUSBoys#513584
AlexisVICGirls—too few