Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Alexey

Gender

Male

Origin

Greek
defender, protector

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Alexey

Pronunciation

a-lexey

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2017 (rank #2796, 43 births); most recent 2025 (rank #7194, 11 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2000 (rank #9869, 9 births); most recent 2003 (rank #15773, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202511–
202419–
202313–
202211–
202119–
202013–
201930–
201822–
201743–
201627–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2010 (rank #2200, 9 births); most recent 2022 (rank #4783, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
20223
2021–
20204
20194
20185
20176
20164

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2016 (rank #2983, 7 births); most recent 2022 (rank #5010, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
2023–
20223
2021–
20204
2019–
20184
20175
20167
2015–
20147

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2014 (rank #715, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence