Recorded 1990–2016 Girls' name Peak 1997 1,266 births

Elexus — girls' name

1,266 babies named Elexus in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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1990s
Peak decade

63% of everyone ever named Elexus was born in this single decade.

1997
Single peak year

128 babies were named Elexus in 1997 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Elexus

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,266 babies named Elexus between 1990 and 2016, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elexus currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 128 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elexus performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 794 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Elexus shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 149 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Elexus in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elexus 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 1,266 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.

Elexus at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

1,266

Since 1990

27 years of records

Peak year

1997

128 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

1990

Recorded for 27 years

Last year on file: 2016

Elexus popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1990

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (1997)
128
Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
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Elexus by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
794 births that decade — 63% of Elexus's all-time total
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Elexus by state

Where Elexus concentrates geographically — total births since 1990

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Elexus
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
149 11.8%
#2 California
99 7.8%
#3 Georgia
42 3.3%
#4 Florida
41 3.2%
#5 Michigan
32 2.5%
#6 Illinois
30 2.4%
#7 New York
22 1.7%
#8 North Carolina
17 1.3%
Texas share of Elexus's total US births 11.8%
Even split

149 of 1,266 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.

Elexus appears in 19 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Elexus?
1,266 babies have been named Elexus since 1990. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 1997 with 128 births.
When was Elexus most popular?
Elexus was most popular in the 1990s decade with 794 total births. The single peak year was 1997.
Where is Elexus most popular?
The top states for the name Elexus are Texas (149 births), California (99 births), Georgia (42 births).
How long has the name Elexus been used?
Elexus has been recorded in Social Security data since 1990, spanning 27 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Elexus?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Eleanor, Elena, Eleanore, Eleanora, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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, 1990–2016 (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.