Alexys — #10479 US unisex name
4,161 babies named Alexys in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 41% of names given to girls today.
52% of everyone ever named Alexys was born in this single decade.
273 babies were named Alexys in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alexys
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,161 babies named Alexys between 1980 and 2024, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alexys currently holds the #10479 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 273 babies received it in a single year. Alexys is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 378 additional births since 1991.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alexys performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,168 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Alexys shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 449 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Alexys in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alexys 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 4,161 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.
Alexys at a glance
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Current rank
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Alexys popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1980
- Peak year (2001)
- 273
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
Currently ranks #10479 among girls.
4,161 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 273 births in a single year.
Alexys popularity over time — boys
378 total births recorded since 1991 (Alexys as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Alexys accounts for 8% of total recorded use across both genders.
Alexys by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 2,168 births that decade — 52% of Alexys's all-time total
Alexys decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,168 births
- Runner-up 1,310 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Alexys's strongest decade
2,168 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Alexys by state
Where Alexys concentrates geographically — total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 449 | 10.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 357 | 8.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 206 | 5.0% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 153 | 3.7% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 153 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 114 | 2.7% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 110 | 2.6% |
| #8 | New York | | 90 | 2.2% |
449 of 4,161 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 34 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 10.8% of nationwide
- Texas 8.6% of nationwide
- Florida 5.0% of nationwide
- Michigan 3.7% of nationwide
- Ohio 3.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 34 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Alexys appears in 34 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1980–2024 (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.