Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Alexis

Gender

Male

Origin

Greek
Protector Of Mankind
EnglishAlexandraAlexius
A variation of and . Defender of mankind.

Syllables

3

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Alexis

Pronunciation

a-lexis

Famous People

Fox Business News anchor Alexis Glick, Actress Alexis Bledel, Actress Alexis Smith

Celebrity Babies

Daughter of Ted Danson, Daughter of Mark Cuban, Daughter of John and Kate Gosselin, Daughter of Dennis Rodman and Annie Banks, Daughter of Martha Stewart

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2004 (rank #103, 4,175 births); most recent 2025 (rank #513, 584 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1998 (rank #6, 19,778 births); most recent 2025 (rank #554, 547 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025584547
2024636604
2023642686
2022669877
2021634947
20206161,033
20196701,328
20186761,655
20178042,072
20169652,695

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 2015 (rank #728, 45 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1467, 18 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2012 (rank #101, 576 births); most recent 2025 (rank #997, 34 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
20251834
20241659
20231545
20221956
20211577
20202370
20191894
201828147
201728254
201639348

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 1996 (rank #11, 5,839 births); most recent 2023 (rank #197, 309 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1994 (rank #1201, 15 births); most recent 2023 (rank #2962, 8 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
20233098
20223856
20214873
20206265
20196575
20188468
20171,0686
20161,25413
20151,5178
20141,6396

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 2008 (rank #601, 4 births); most recent 2025 (rank #787, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2013 (rank #197, 29 births); most recent 2025 (rank #692, 4 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoysGirls
202534
2024––
2023–5
2022–5
2021–10
2020––
2019–4
2018–13
2017–16
2016–18

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

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2012 (rank #92, 54 births); most recent 2024 (rank #541, 5 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
20245
20233
20229
20219
20205
20199
201826
201742
201642

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

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2012 (rank #84, 29 births); most recent 2019 (rank #424, 3 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
20193
20184
201717
201613

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

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 1980 (rank #255, 8 births); most recent 2003 (rank #486, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2009 (rank #14, 127 births); most recent 2023 (rank #348, 9 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoysGirls
2023–9
2022–15
2021–18
2020–14
2019–28
2018–28
2017–29
2016–42
2015–44
2014–55

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence