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Allex

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Possibly to repel, through Alex

Allex has been given to 248 babies in the U.S. since 1984. 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 1994, with 12 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 71% boys, 29% girls all-time.

Babies named Allex, 2017

1 in 715,000

Allex over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2017, Allex went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19842017

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.

Allex: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly to repel, through Alex

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Allex means

Allex belongs to the name family reached through Allex → Alex → Ἀλέξανδρος. Its meaning is “to repel”.

Origin, language, and formation

Allex is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Alex and Ἀλέξανδρος.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 177 boys were recorded with the name Allex between 1984 and 2017. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1994; its best national rank was #4,221 in 1984.

In the United States, 71 girls were recorded with the name Allex between 1988 and 2001. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1993; its best national rank was #7,042 in 1993.

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 Allex?

Allex had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2017, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2017
1 in 715,000
5 of 3,577,106 births
Among boys only
1 in 370,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2017
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
495,893 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Allex sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2017 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 495,893 children born in 2017 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Allex. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Allexs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Allex was born before 1999 — so the typical Allex is around 26 today.

Median birth year
1999
About 26 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
41.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
77.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
177
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 41.8% of all recorded uses (74).

Is Allex 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 1994 (12)
Years since peak
31
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
40.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#4,221
1984

Spellings of Allex

Allex is not the most common spelling — Alex is, with 36.3% against Allex'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.

Allex around the world

Where Allex 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.

  • South Australia
    2002–2002
    #606
    in 2002

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Allex by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#4,221
1984
Peak year
1994
12 that year
First recorded
1984
Last recorded
2017
All-time count
177
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#7,042
1993
Peak year
1993
12 that year
First recorded
1988
Last recorded
2001
All-time count
71
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Allex

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

AllahAllonAllinAlliasDalexAllardAllanteAlleyAllecElexAllistairKalexAllijahAllwinAllieAllamAllynAllisterAllyAllisonCalexJalexMallexAlla

Sibling names for Allex

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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