Alexx — #12783 US boys' name
402 babies named Alexx in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 10% of names given to boys today.
39% of everyone ever named Alexx was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Alexx in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alexx
The Social Security Administration has registered 402 babies named Alexx between 1986 and 2024, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alexx currently holds the #12783 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 23 babies received it in a single year. Alexx is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 217 additional births since 1989.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alexx performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 156 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Alexx shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Alexx in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alexx 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 402 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.
Alexx at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Alexx popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1986
- Peak year (1993)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
Currently ranks #12783 among boys.
402 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 23 births in a single year.
Alexx popularity over time — girls
217 total births recorded since 1989 (Alexx as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Alexx accounts for 35% of total recorded use across both genders.
Alexx by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 156 births that decade — 39% of Alexx's all-time total
Alexx decade highlights
- Peak decade 156 births
- Runner-up 101 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Alexx's strongest decade
156 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Alexx by state
Where Alexx concentrates geographically — total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 15 | 3.7% |
15 of 402 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.7% 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, 1986–2024 (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.