Girls' name · peaked in 2002

Alexia name popularity since 1925

46,195 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Alexia. Half of them were born in 2004 or earlier, so the typical Alexia is about 22 years old in 2026. Alexia peaked in 2002 as the #128 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 46,195; Named Alexia, 1925–2025
Peak year: 2002; #128 for girls that year
Typical age: About 22; Median birth year 2004
In 2025: Not top 1,000; #1,040 for girls in 2025
Girls / boys: 99.9% girls; 46,151 girls · 44 boys
Most popular in: Arizona; 3.02× its national share

Peak year is the year Alexia made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Alexia births per year, 1925–2025

2002 was the biggest year for Alexia both by count and as a share of all babies.

Fastest rise: Between 1989 and 1994, Alexia became 2.9× more common, from 1 in 5,800 baby girls to 1 in 2,030.
Steepest fall: Between 2013 and 2018, its share of baby girls fell by 66%, from 1 in 957 to 1 in 2,820.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Alexia's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Alexia.

Decade by decade

Babies named Alexia in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade	Girls	Boys	Rank
1925–29	5	0	–
1930s	15	0	#4,217
1940s	105	0	#2,340
1950s	181	0	#2,108
1960s	385	0	#1,635
1970s	751	0	#1,111
1980s	2,003	10	#987
1990s	9,039	0	#304
2000s	21,237	34	#160
2010s	10,525	0	#319
2020–25	1,905	0	#1,040

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

63.1% of babies named Alexia from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:

Where Alexia is most popular

The index compares Alexia's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Alexia.

State	Index	Babies
Arizona	3.02×	1,727
Nevada	3.02×	474
Florida	1.88×	2,989
Texas	1.72×	5,945
New Mexico	1.58×	384

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Alexia's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Alexia.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Alexia (2002).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data