Is Alexis a boy or girl name?
Alexis is used for both boys and girls in close to equal numbers in the US. In 2024, 604 girls and 636 boys were named Alexis, so 48.7% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 83.6% of the 411,469 US babies named Alexis were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #484
- Girl rank, 2024
- #506
- Babies named Alexis since 1882
- 411,469
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 22,095 babies
Boys and girls named Alexis, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| 1900s | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| 1910s | 126 | 0 | 0% |
| 1920s | 139 | 0 | 0% |
| 1930s | 94 | 5 | 5.1% |
| 1940s | 146 | 1,330 | 90.1% |
| 1950s | 331 | 2,028 | 86% |
| 1960s | 952 | 1,666 | 63.6% |
| 1970s | 2,007 | 6,053 | 75.1% |
| 1980s | 5,044 | 26,323 | 83.9% |
| 1990s | 16,261 | 131,198 | 89% |
| 2000s | 28,028 | 130,831 | 82.4% |
| 2010s | 11,139 | 40,403 | 78.4% |
| 2020s | 3,197 | 4,147 | 56.5% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 636 | #484 | 604 | #506 |
| 2023 | 642 | #472 | 686 | #448 |
| 2022 | 669 | #459 | 877 | #360 |
| 2021 | 634 | #469 | 947 | #342 |
| 2020 | 616 | #481 | 1,033 | #309 |
| 2019 | 670 | #450 | 1,328 | #235 |
| 2018 | 676 | #445 | 1,655 | #179 |
| 2017 | 804 | #397 | 2,072 | #143 |
| 2016 | 965 | #350 | 2,695 | #118 |
| 2015 | 995 | #344 | 3,435 | #85 |
| 2014 | 1,175 | #303 | 4,246 | #65 |
| 2013 | 1,191 | #295 | 4,785 | #46 |
| 2012 | 1,560 | #229 | 5,372 | #40 |
| 2011 | 1,482 | #242 | 6,537 | #26 |
| 2010 | 1,621 | #223 | 8,278 | #16 |
| 2009 | 2,019 | #186 | 9,944 | #13 |
| 2008 | 2,341 | #169 | 9,734 | #15 |
| 2007 | 2,657 | #158 | 9,923 | #19 |
| 2006 | 3,202 | #130 | 11,239 | #14 |
| 2005 | 3,050 | #132 | 11,976 | #13 |
| 2004 | 4,175 | #103 | 13,477 | #11 |
| 2003 | 2,721 | #150 | 14,867 | #7 |
| 2002 | 2,379 | #161 | 15,636 | #5 |
| 2001 | 2,769 | #143 | 16,404 | #5 |
| 2000 | 2,715 | #144 | 17,631 | #6 |
| 1999 | 2,434 | #147 | 19,237 | #3 |
| 1998 | 2,317 | #148 | 19,778 | #6 |
| 1997 | 3,182 | #120 | 17,171 | #8 |
| 1996 | 1,795 | #180 | 16,592 | #8 |
| 1995 | 1,881 | #174 | 14,334 | #14 |
| 1994 | 1,288 | #227 | 13,039 | #18 |
| 1993 | 1,101 | #261 | 10,833 | #27 |
| 1992 | 767 | #330 | 7,948 | #40 |
| 1991 | 759 | #330 | 7,009 | #47 |
| 1990 | 737 | #336 | 5,257 | #66 |
| 1989 | 549 | #397 | 3,518 | #92 |
| 1988 | 418 | #441 | 2,901 | #97 |
| 1987 | 478 | #397 | 2,460 | #113 |
| 1986 | 429 | #413 | 2,198 | #129 |
| 1985 | 519 | #355 | 2,517 | #112 |
| 1984 | 476 | #370 | 3,292 | #89 |
| 1983 | 657 | #299 | 3,462 | #83 |
| 1982 | 761 | #276 | 3,122 | #93 |
| 1981 | 405 | #406 | 1,584 | #172 |
| 1980 | 352 | #442 | 1,269 | #205 |
| 1979 | 331 | #446 | 1,008 | #248 |
| 1978 | 254 | #513 | 771 | #300 |
| 1977 | 240 | #538 | 724 | #325 |
| 1976 | 214 | #552 | 693 | #322 |
| 1975 | 219 | #544 | 676 | #328 |
| 1974 | 180 | #595 | 601 | #358 |
| 1973 | 152 | #645 | 487 | #408 |
| 1972 | 136 | #686 | 396 | #467 |
| 1971 | 157 | #656 | 344 | #532 |
| 1970 | 124 | #737 | 353 | #537 |
| 1969 | 134 | #682 | 204 | #696 |
| 1968 | 110 | #717 | 174 | #753 |
| 1967 | 139 | #635 | 185 | #720 |
| 1966 | 103 | #728 | 186 | #724 |
| 1965 | 105 | #724 | 165 | #771 |
| 1964 | 86 | #811 | 104 | #1,066 |
| 1963 | 65 | #930 | 172 | #790 |
| 1962 | 76 | #869 | 154 | #851 |
| 1961 | 69 | #917 | 154 | #858 |
| 1960 | 65 | #940 | 168 | #789 |
| 1959 | 49 | #1,102 | 168 | #785 |
| 1958 | 46 | #1,130 | 185 | #724 |
| 1957 | 35 | #1,318 | 194 | #715 |
| 1956 | 45 | #1,129 | 181 | #715 |
| 1955 | 30 | #1,396 | 173 | #719 |
| 1954 | 33 | #1,312 | 177 | #699 |
| 1953 | 27 | #1,455 | 216 | #604 |
| 1952 | 28 | #1,430 | 252 | #538 |
| 1951 | 20 | #1,683 | 252 | #524 |
| 1950 | 18 | #1,747 | 230 | #543 |
| 1949 | 21 | #1,616 | 268 | #493 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,027 | 217 | #565 |
| 1947 | 16 | #1,916 | 248 | #533 |
| 1946 | 16 | #1,814 | 221 | #529 |
| 1945 | 15 | #1,773 | 122 | #667 |
| 1944 | 23 | #1,400 | 124 | #663 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,279 | 89 | #824 |
| 1942 | 16 | #1,800 | 36 | #1,349 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,877 | 5 | #4,432 |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,878 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 13 | #1,960 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,540 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,090 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,532 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,267 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 13 | #1,998 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,316 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,208 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,028 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,453 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,083 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,524 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,302 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 18 | #1,873 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,229 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 17 | #1,943 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,019 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 19 | #1,831 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 19 | #1,821 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 18 | #1,812 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,262 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 19 | #1,695 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,594 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 14 | #1,970 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,690 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,503 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,270 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,291 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,350 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,083 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 5 | #930 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 6 | #840 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Alexis reached #103 in 2004. As a girl name, it reached #3 in 1999. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1990s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Alexis
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.