girls:
343.3k births since 1931
#106 (98th percentile)
boys:
66.8k births since 1882
#407 (91st percentile)
overall:
410.2k births since 1882
#172 (98th percentile)
The name Alexis is the #172 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 410,191 recorded births since 1882. This represents the 97.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 97.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #106 (98.2% percentile) for all time with 343,345 births since 1931. For boys, it ranks #407 (91.1% percentile) for all time with 66,846 births since 1882.
Alexis first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1882 (1882 for boys and 1931 for girls). Birth data for Alexis is available in 116 out of the 142 years between 1882 and 2023 (116 years for boys and 84 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 Alexis has been given predominantly to girls, with 83.7% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 51.5% of babies named Alexis were girls. Interestingly, until around 1943, the name was more popular for boys (89.9% boys from 1882 to 1942), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (83.8% girls from 1943 to 2023).
For girls, Alexis reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 99.8% percentile (ranked #3) with 9,880 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 10,202 births per million (ranked 99.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2000, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Alexis ranks #410 for girls (56.8% percentile) with 389 births per million, which is 3.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Alexis reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 87.9% percentile (ranked #103) with 1,976 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 1,976 births per million (ranked 87.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2007, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Alexis ranks #427 for boys (53.2% percentile) with 350 births per million, which is 17.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Alexis".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Alexis. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 71.1% confident that Alexis is pronounced as uh-LEHK-sihs, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-LEHK-sees, at 13.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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