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How popular is the name Alexis?
Births per year, rank history and how many Alexises are alive today.
Alexis (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 997th in 2025 with 34 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2012, when 576 babies were given the name, the 101st most popular that year. It has declined since 2012; the 2025 figure is roughly 6% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 5,900 babies have been named Alexis in England and Wales since 1996. Common short forms of Alexis include Sandra, Lexi and Lexie.
The Alexis you are most likely to meet is around 15 years old. Half of all Alexises born in England and Wales are between 12 and 18, and there are at least 6,300 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 2% chance that at least one of them will be called Alexis.
How many babies are named Alexis each year?
Where does Alexis rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Alexis most popular?
Alexis peaked in 2012, when 576 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Alexis?
At least 6,300 people named Alexis born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Alexis?
Most living Alexises are between 12 and 18; the most common age is about 15.
Is Alexis becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2012 peak.