Alexey — #5096 US boys' name
549 babies named Alexey in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 64% of names given to boys today.
47% of everyone ever named Alexey was born in this single decade.
43 babies were named Alexey in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alexey
The Social Security Administration has registered 549 babies named Alexey between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alexey currently holds the #5096 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 43 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alexey performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 260 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Alexey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 58 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Washington. In total, SSA state-level files list Alexey in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alexey in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 549 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Alexey at a glance
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Current rank
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Alexey popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1970
- Peak year (2017)
- 43
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
Currently ranks #5096 among boys.
549 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 43 births in a single year.
Alexey popularity over time — girls
19 total births recorded since 1996 (Alexey as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Alexey accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Alexey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 260 births that decade — 47% of Alexey's all-time total
Alexey decade highlights
- Peak decade 260 births
- Runner-up 153 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Alexey's strongest decade
260 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Alexey by state
Where Alexey concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 58 | 10.6% |
| #2 | California | | 49 | 8.9% |
| #3 | Washington | | 6 | 1.1% |
| #4 | New York | | 5 | 0.9% |
58 of 549 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Florida 10.6% of nationwide
- California 8.9% of nationwide
- Washington 1.1% of nationwide
- New York 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 10.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1970–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.