Girls' name · since 2003
Yalexa
Since 2003, U.S. Social Security records show 149 babies named Yalexa, peaking in 2012. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,873 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 149
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yalexa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 149 recorded since 2003.
Yalexa has 149 recorded births among girls since 2003, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2020.
- #22,873 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 149 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yalexa ranks #22,873 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 149 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #22,873 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 149
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yalexa's 149 recorded births place it above 68.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New Mexico.
Yalexa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yalexa's full recorded timeline at 2012, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2003, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yalexa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2020
- Peak year (2012)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Yalexa by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (110 births, 74% of the file).
2010s was Yalexa's strongest decade.
110 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.
Yalexa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 34
2000s
34 births
- 2010s
2010s
110 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 110 births (74% of all-time use).
Yalexa by state
Where Yalexa concentrates geographically, total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Mexico | | 33 | 22.1% |
33 of 149 births nationwide.
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What to do with Yalexa's data
- Yalexa's decade-level peak was the 2010s (110 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New Mexico records the most Yalexas (33 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New Mexico names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yalexa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~17 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2003–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Yalexa draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.