girls:
4.2k births since 1968
#2665 (53rd percentile)
boys:
1.7k births since 1965
#2994 (35th percentile)
overall:
5.9k births since 1965
#3538 (54th percentile)
The name Alexi is the #3,538 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,878 recorded births since 1965. This represents the 54.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 54.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,665 (53.4% percentile) for all time with 4,163 births since 1968. For boys, it ranks #2,994 (34.7% percentile) for all time with 1,715 births since 1965.
Alexi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1965 (1965 for boys and 1968 for girls). Birth data for Alexi is available in 58 out of the 59 years between 1965 and 2023 (58 years for boys and 52 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Alexi has been given predominantly to girls, with 70.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 46.7% of babies named Alexi were girls. Interestingly, until around 1987, the name was more popular for boys (59.8% boys from 1965 to 1986), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (73.5% girls from 1987 to 2023).
For girls, Alexi reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 21.4% percentile (ranked #703) with 99 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 99 births per million (ranked 21.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2010, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Alexi ranks #917 for girls (3.2% percentile) with 20 births per million, which is 20.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Alexi reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 7.5% percentile (ranked #839) with 33 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 33 births per million (ranked 7.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Alexi ranks #876 for boys (3.8% percentile) with 22 births per million, which is 65.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Alexi".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Alexi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 78.0% confident that Alexi is pronounced as uh-LEHK-see, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-LEHK-sai, at 22.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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