Alexis Name Popularity

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How popular is Alexis?

In 2018 the somewhat popular name Alexis, ranked the 179th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 250 most popular, Alexis has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

Position 3, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1999.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1998 with 19,778 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Alexis in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1940.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Alexis occurred roughly during the years 1940-1947, 1967-1975, 1976-1983, and 1987-1998, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1999-2017.

Alexis became more popular as a girls name in 1942.

The popularity trend for Alexis has been spiralling downward for a while. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Alexis has dropped significantly.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Alexis?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very low point.

The name Alexis is favored by many parents but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Alexis is much less frequently used as a given name.

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		Alexis (Girl)		Alexis (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		1,640	179	675	445
2017		2,054	144	803	397
2016		2,683	118	965	350
2015		3,418	86	994	344
2014		4,234	65	1,175	303
2013		4,777	46	1,189	294
2012		5,358	40	1,560	228
2011		6,524	26	1,482	242
2010		8,265	16	1,621	223
2009		9,934	13	2,019	186
2008		9,726	15	2,340	169
2007		9,914	19	2,656	158
2006		11,232	14	3,202	130
2005		11,972	13	3,049	132
2004		13,471	11	4,175	103
2003		14,867	7	2,721	150
2002		15,636	5	2,379	161
2001		16,402	5	2,769	143
2000		17,629	6	2,714	144
1999		19,234	3	2,434	147
1998		19,778	6	2,317	148
1997		17,170	8	3,182	120
1996		16,589	8	1,795	180
1995		14,332	14	1,881	174
1994		13,038	18	1,288	227
1993		10,831	27	1,100	261
1992		7,947	40	767	330
1991		7,010	47	758	330
1990		5,256	66	737	336
1989		3,517	92	549	397
1988		2,902	97	418	441
1987		2,458	113	476	397
1986		2,195	129	430	411
1985		2,516	112	519	355
1984		3,293	89	475	370
1983		3,463	83	658	299
1982		3,123	93	761	276
1981		1,585	172	405	405
1980		1,268	204	352	442
1979		1,010	248	330	446
1978		772	300	254	512
1977		725	325	240	538
1976		693	322	214	552
1975		676	328	218	544
1974		601	358	180	595
1973		492	405	152	646
1972		396	467	135	687
1971		344	532	157	656
1970		354	534	124	737
1969		204	695	134	682
1968		174	753	110	717
1967		185	721	139	635
1966		185	726	103	728
1965		166	770	105	724
1964		104	1,065	86	811
1963		172	790	66	919
1962		154	850	76	868
1961		154	858	69	917
1960		168	789	65	938
1959		168	785	49	1,103
1958		186	723	46	1,131
1957		193	718	35	1,319
1956		182	710	45	1,129
1955		173	719	30	1,396
1954		177	699	33	1,310
1953		216	604	27	1,455
1952		252	538	28	1,429
1951		252	524	20	1,682
1950		230	543	18	1,748
1949		268	493	21	1,615
1948		217	565	14	2,026
1947		248	533	16	1,916
1946		221	530	16	1,812
1945		122	667	15	1,774
1944		124	663	23	1,401
1943		88	828	11	2,280
1942		36	1,348	16	1,797
1941		5	4,431	7	2,878
1940		< 5	--	7	2,876
1939		< 5	--	13	1,962
1938		< 5	--	5	3,541
1937		< 5	--	12	2,091
1936		< 5	--	< 5	--
1935		< 5	--	9	2,533
1934		< 5	--	11	2,263
1933		< 5	--	13	1,998
1932		< 5	--	11	2,315
1931		5	4,346	12	2,209
1930		< 5	--	8	3,026
1929		< 5	--	11	2,454
1928		< 5	--	8	3,083
1927		< 5	--	11	2,525
1926		< 5	--	13	2,303
1925		< 5	--	18	1,873
1924		< 5	--	14	2,229
1923		< 5	--	17	1,944
1922		< 5	--	9	3,019
1921		< 5	--	19	1,831
1920		< 5	--	19	1,821
1919		< 5	--	18	1,812
1918		< 5	--	13	2,262
1917		< 5	--	19	1,695
1916		< 5	--	20	1,594
1915		< 5	--	14	1,971
1914		< 5	--	14	1,690
1913		< 5	--	6	2,503
1912		< 5	--	14	1,270
1911		< 5	--	8	1,291
1910		< 5	--	< 5	--
1909		< 5	--	< 5	--
1908		< 5	--	< 5	--
1907		< 5	--	5	1,350
1906		< 5	--	< 5	--
1905		< 5	--	< 5	--
1904		< 5	--	< 5	--
1903		< 5	--	< 5	--
1902		< 5	--	< 5	--
1901		< 5	--	< 5	--
1900		< 5	--	< 5	--
1899		< 5	--	< 5	--
1898		< 5	--	< 5	--
1897		< 5	--	< 5	--
1896		< 5	--	< 5	--
1895		< 5	--	5	1,083
1894		< 5	--	< 5	--
1893		< 5	--	< 5	--
1892		< 5	--	< 5	--
1891		< 5	--	< 5	--
1890		< 5	--	< 5	--
1889		< 5	--	< 5	--
1888		< 5	--	< 5	--
1887		< 5	--	5	930
1886		< 5	--	< 5	--
1885		< 5	--	< 5	--
1884		< 5	--	< 5	--
1883		< 5	--	< 5	--
1882		< 5	--	6	840
1881		< 5	--	< 5	--
1880		< 5	--	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.