Girls' name · peaked in 1996
Alexus name popularity since 1925
18,875 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Alexus (98.7% girls, 1.3% boys). Half of them were born in 1999 or earlier, so the typical Alexus is about 27 years old in 2026. Alexus peaked in 1996 as the #178 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 18,875
- Named Alexus, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #9,484 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 98.7% girls
- 18,632 girls · 243 boys
- Most popular in
- Georgia
- 1.95× its national share
Peak year is the year Alexus 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.
Alexus births per year, 1925–2025
1996 was the biggest year for Alexus both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1991 and 1996, Alexus became 9.2× more common, from 1 in 9,420 baby girls to 1 in 1,030.
- Steepest fall: Between 2006 and 2011, its share of baby girls fell by 64%, from 1 in 3,530 to 1 in 9,830.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Alexus's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Alexus.
Decade by decade
Babies named Alexus 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 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1980s | 62 | 11 | Under 5 |
| 1990s | 10,129 | 131 | #234 |
| 2000s | 7,184 | 85 | #528 |
| 2010s | 1,143 | 16 | #2,211 |
| 2020–25 | 114 | 0 | #9,484 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
67.2% of babies named Alexus from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Alexus is most popular
The index compares Alexus'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 Alexus.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 1.95× | 943 |
| South Carolina | 1.88× | 461 |
| Mississippi | 1.80× | 383 |
| Tennessee | 1.76× | 650 |
| Florida | 1.63× | 1,032 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Alexus and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Alexus (this page) | 18,632 | 1996 |
| Alexis | 344,557 | 1998 |
| Alexys | 4,166 | 2001 |
| Alexius | 1,515 | 1998 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Alexus's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Alexus.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Alexus (1996).
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