How Many People Are Named Alex?
people named Alex are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,351 people in the US has this name
Based on 295,991 babies named Alex in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
β Uncommon
Peak Year
8,064 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Catalan short form of ALEXANDER.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
β§ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Alex, 3.7% were girls and 96.3% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1880s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 6% in the 2020s.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Alex alive today is about 29 years old, and 55% are under 30. Half of them were between 19 and 37 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Alex first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1993, to 8,064 babies. In 2025, 1,586 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
π Rank History
Alex never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #47, in 1995, and it was in the top 100 in 33 years between 1880 and 2012. In 2025 it ranked #232.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #232 |
| Best rank | #47 (1995) |
| Years in the top 100 | 33 (1880 to 2012) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #52 in the 1990s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Alex alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Alex were born in California than in any other state: about 38,398 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Alex was given 1.4 times as often in New Mexico, 1.3 times in Wisconsin and 1.2 times in Arizona.
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