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Alexi

#5,418 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Alexi has been given to 5,976 babies in the U.S. since 1968. In 2025 it ranked #5,418 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2002, with 196 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 71% girls, 29% boys all-time.

Babies named Alexi, 2025

1 in 144,000

Alexi over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Alexi over time

In 2025, Alexi went to 56% girls and 44% boys.

19652025

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.

Alexi: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Alexi means

Alexi is a given name.

The naming story behind Alexi

Wikidata records Alexi as a unisex given name. The entity identifier is Q21021692, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,220 girls were recorded with the name Alexi between 1968 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 196 in 2002; its best national rank was #1,058 in 1998.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,266 in 2020 to #5,418 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,383 in 2015 to #5,418 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,756 boys were recorded with the name Alexi between 1965 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 73 in 2008; its best national rank was #1,669 in 1997.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,426 in 2020 to #5,212 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,688 in 2015 to #5,212 in 2025.

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.

How common is Alexi?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 144,000
23 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 69,900
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#5,418
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
99,910 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Alexi 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 2025 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 99,910 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Alexi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Alexis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Alexi was born before 2002 — so the typical Alexi is around 23 today.

Median birth year
2002
About 23 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
36.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
56.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,220
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 36.3% of all recorded uses (1,531).

Is Alexi 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
−396
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,152
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−3,035
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.30×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
11.7%
Peak was 2002 (196)
Years since peak
23
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,058
1998

Spellings of Alexi

Alexi is not the most common spelling — Alexis is, with 44.0% against Alexi's 0.54%.

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.

Where Alexi is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Alexi was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 25,000 girls, against 1 in 62,234 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

04 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 25,000
  2. 2Florida1 in 33,333
  3. 3Texas1 in 33,333
  4. 4Washington1 in 33,333
  5. 5Arizona1 in 50,000
  6. 6Colorado1 in 50,000
  7. 7Illinois1 in 50,000
  8. 8Massachusetts1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Alexi has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Alexi is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Alexi was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 145,658 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Florida1 in 100,000
  3. 3New York1 in 100,000
  4. 4Texas1 in 100,000
  5. 5Illinois1 in —
  6. 6Massachusetts1 in —
  7. 7New Jersey1 in —
  8. 8Virginia1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Alexi has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Alexi around the world

Where Alexi 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
    2001–2019
    #4,001
    in 2019
  • Ireland
    2012–2013
    #747
    in 2013
  • France
    1994–1994
    #4,003
    in 1994
  • Canada
    1992–2023
    #3,391
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1982–2012
    #871
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Alexi

People whose public names include Alexi, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Alexi in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Alexi. Linked forms have their own page here.

AlexLexiAlexis

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Alexi by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#5,418
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,152
Best rank ever
#1,058
1998
Peak year
2002
196 that year
First recorded
1968
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,220
Count in 2025
23

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,212
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 786
Best rank ever
#1,669
1997
Peak year
2008
73 that year
First recorded
1965
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,756
Count in 2025
18

Names similar to Alexi

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

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Names with a curve like Alexi

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Alexi, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

KayleCailinKameronCaitlynnKayleaTyannaKlarissaKalynnJazmyneCaileyTatiannaKiarra

Sibling names for Alexi

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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