Alexys
#15,041 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Alexys has been given to 4,544 babies in the U.S. since 1980. In 2025 it ranked #15,041 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2001, with 273 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 92% girls, 8% boys all-time.
Babies named Alexys, 2025
1 in 663,000
Alexys over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Alexys over time
In 2025, Alexys went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
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.
How common is Alexys?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 663,000
- 5 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 321,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #15,041
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 459,581 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Alexys sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Alexys. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Alexyss were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Alexys was born before 2002 — so the typical Alexys is around 23 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2000s
- 52.0% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 59.9%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 4,166
- People you could plausibly meet
2000s — 52.0% of all recorded uses (2,168).
Is Alexys 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
- −4,729
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −6,608
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −11,558
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.11×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 1.8%
- Peak was 2001 (273)
- Years since peak
- 24
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 17.1% average annual change
Spellings of Alexys
Alexys is not the most common spelling — Alexis is, with 58.2% against Alexys's 0.70%.
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 Alexys is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Alexys was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 20,000 girls, against 1 in 58,143 across all states with data. It was least common in Maryland (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Utah1 in 20,000
- 2Arizona1 in 25,000
- 3Florida1 in 25,000
- 4California1 in 33,333
- 5Michigan1 in 33,333
- 6Nevada1 in 33,333
- 7Texas1 in 33,333
- 8Washington1 in 33,333
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. Alexys has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Alexys is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Alexys was most concentrated in Arizona — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 342,619 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Arizona1 in —
- 2California1 in —
- 3Texas1 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. Alexys has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Alexys around the world
Where Alexys 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 & Wales2009–2016#3,609in 2016
- Canada1999–2019#2,629in 2019
- South Australia1990–1990#691in 1990
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Alexys by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Alexys
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Names with a curve like Alexys
Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Alexys, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.
Sibling names for Alexys
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.