as a First Name
Short form of Alexander, Alexandra, and Alexis; also commonly used as a given name in its own right.
| 264th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 235,055
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 244,950
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- California
- has the most people named Alex per capita
- 1995
- marked the height of its popularity
2%
98%
7%
55+
55+
14%
30-54
30-54
32%
13-29
13-29
48%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
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