Alex

girls:

9.7k births since 1915

#1635 (71st percentile)

boys:

282.9k births since 1880

#131 (97th percentile)

overall:

292.5k births since 1880

#265 (97th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Alex".

1880 2023 18802023

Key Statistics

Total Births
9,658
Peak Births
441
Peak Year
1995
First Recorded
1915
Peak Percentile
44.8%
Current Percentile
9.7%
Peak Rank
#469
Current Rank
#855
Female statistics
Total Births
282,866
Peak Births
7,640
Peak Year
1995
First Recorded
1880
Peak Percentile
94.2%
Current Percentile
78.2%
Peak Rank
#47
Current Rank
#199
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Alex

Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Alex. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 30.9% confident that Alex is pronounced as A-lehks. The next most likely pronunciation is A-LEHKS, at 27.3% confidence.

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A-lehks (2 syllables)
30.9% confidence
AE1 L EH0 K S
A-LEHKS (2 syllables)
27.3% confidence
AE1 L EH1 K S
A-luhks (2 syllables)
Verified
16.4% confidence
AE1 L AH0 K S
uh-LEHKS (2 syllables)
14.5% confidence
AH0 L EH1 K S
A-lihks (2 syllables)
10.9% confidence
AE1 L IH0 K S

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Alex. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Alex, please vote using the thumbs up button.

A-leeks (2 syllables)
3 names 1.7k births
AE1 L IY0 K S
EH-lehks (2 syllables)
1 name 758 births
EH1 L EH0 K S

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like AE1 L EH0 K S) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.