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Alex Freedom-loving • Friendly • Broad-Minded
Alex Freedom-loving • Friendly • Broad-Minded
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Widely Common Unisex Name.
Alex Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
96.78%
Male
3.22%
Female
Alex is predominantly a boys name, with 3.22% of Alexs being girls, and 96.78% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 278617 males named Alex, and 9272 females given the name
Popularity of Alex by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Alex in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
Alex: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2024
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Alex' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the girls name Alex in the USA from 1880-2024. 1 being the highest and most popular, 66358 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 66358 unique total names have been given to girls living in the United States so far. Alex's average ranking is 4759.2, with it's highest ever rank being #. Alex has reach the top 10 most popular girls name 1 times, and has reached the top hundred names 1 times.
Alex has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 287889 girls given the name in the past 200 years. Alex gained the most popularity as a baby name in 1991, when it's usage went up by 149.65%. During this year, 369 babies were named Alex, which was 0.0096% of the baby girls born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.012%, in this year alone more than 0 girls were named Alex.
Popular 'A' Names - Girls
Girls names starting with 'A'
Listed below are the 20 most commonly used baby names begining with A. These girls names are ordered by their overall popularity of recently named babies in the United states. Also listed is their their rank compared to other 'A' names, their over all rank among all girl names, the total number of baby girls expected to be given this name in 2024, and the total percentage of girls given this name.
| Name | 'A-Name' Rank | Overall Rank | Total Named | Percentage named |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ava | 1. | 4. | 16237 | 0.449% |
| Abigail | 2. | 23. | 11699 | 0.323% |
| Amelia | 3. | 30. | 10702 | 0.296% |
| Avery | 4. | 51. | 8733 | 0.241% |
| Aria | 5. | 78. | 6904 | 0.191% |
| Aubrey | 6. | 83. | 6507 | 0.18% |
| Addison | 7. | 88. | 6295 | 0.174% |
| Audrey | 8. | 111. | 5330 | 0.147% |
| Allison | 9. | 134. | 4762 | 0.132% |
| Alexa | 10. | 135. | 4760 | 0.132% |
| Anna | 11. | 136. | 4749 | 0.131% |
| Aaliyah | 12. | 139. | 4611 | 0.127% |
| Ariana | 13. | 140. | 4577 | 0.127% |
| Adeline | 14. | 160. | 4103 | 0.113% |
| Autumn | 15. | 164. | 3990 | 0.11% |
| Aurora | 16. | 166. | 3963 | 0.11% |
| Arianna | 17. | 169. | 3869 | 0.107% |
| Alice | 18. | 181. | 3669 | 0.101% |
| Aubree | 19. | 201. | 3390 | 0.094% |
| Ashley | 20. | 236. | 3024 | 0.084% |