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Aleksis

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Helper, defender, through Aleksi

Aleksis has been given to 73 babies in the U.S. since 1993. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1998, with 9 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 93% girls, 7% boys all-time.

Babies named Aleksis, 2011

1 in 732,000

Aleksis over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Aleksis over time

In 2011, Aleksis went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Aleksis: meaning, origin, and history

Helper, defender, through Aleksi

Latin

What Aleksis means

Aleksis belongs to the name family reached through Aleksis → Aleksi. Its meaning is “helper, defender”.

Origin, language, and formation

Aleksis is used in Finnish and Latvian. Its origins include Latin.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Aleksi.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Aleksis is pronounced /ˈɑleksis/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 68 girls were recorded with the name Aleksis between 1993 and 2011. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1998; its best national rank was #9,283 in 1998.

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Aleksis between 2005 and 2005. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2005; its best national rank was #11,518 in 2005.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Aleksis?

Aleksis had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2011, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2011
1 in 732,000
5 of 3,657,935 births
Among girls only
1 in 352,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2011
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
507,099 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Aleksis sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2011 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 507,099 children born in 2011 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Aleksis. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Aleksiss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Aleksis was born before 2001 — so the typical Aleksis is around 24 today.

Median birth year
2001
About 24 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
50.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
68
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 50.0% of all recorded uses (34).

Is Aleksis rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1998 (9)
Years since peak
27
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
23.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#9,283
1998

Spellings of Aleksis

Aleksis is not the most common spelling — Alexis is, with 94.0% against Aleksis's 0.02%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Aleksis around the world

Where Aleksis ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2009–2011
    #3,830
    in 2011
  • South Australia
    1976–1992
    #538
    in 1992

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Aleksis by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#9,283
1998
Peak year
1998
9 that year
First recorded
1993
Last recorded
2011
All-time count
68
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#11,518
2005
Peak year
2005
5 that year
First recorded
2005
Last recorded
2005
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Aleksis

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

AlegacyAlecsisAleissaAleynnaAlessyaAlexsisAlenciaAleynahAleyssaAleniaAleiraAlesyaAleannaAleysaAleskaAleighnaAlegriaAleijahAletteAlexicaAlexyiaAleilaAlechiaAleshka

Sibling names for Aleksis

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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