# Alexia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alexia/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 46,236 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 44 / 46,192 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,015, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Feminine form of Alexius.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,150 | 277 |
| 2012 | 1,288 | 251 |
| 2013 | 1,833 | 175 |
| 2014 | 1,224 | 270 |
| 2015 | 1,019 | 319 |
| 2016 | 868 | 378 |
| 2017 | 771 | 412 |
| 2018 | 604 | 519 |
| 2019 | 471 | 632 |
| 2020 | 373 | 732 |
| 2021 | 309 | 881 |
| 2022 | 337 | 831 |
| 2023 | 342 | 815 |
| 2024 | 305 | 884 |
| 2025 | 239 | 1,040 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 5 | 6,275 |
| 1987 | 5 | 6,981 |
| 2002 | 6 | 9,434 |
| 2003 | 8 | 7,868 |
| 2004 | 9 | 7,554 |
| 2005 | 5 | 11,529 |
| 2006 | 6 | 10,725 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 306 | 170 |
| 2012 | 270 | 191 |
| 2013 | 247 | 207 |
| 2014 | 231 | 223 |
| 2015 | 195 | 255 |
| 2016 | 213 | 241 |
| 2017 | 174 | 281 |
| 2018 | 102 | 427 |
| 2019 | 70 | 574 |
| 2020 | 46 | 792 |
| 2021 | 44 | 812 |
| 2022 | 35 | 982 |
| 2023 | 38 | 921 |
| 2024 | 33 | 1,036 |
| 2025 | 33 | 1,028 |

## In other languages

- French: Alexia, Alexie
- Greek: Αλεξία
- Polish: Aleksja
- Spanish: Aleja

## People named Alexia

- Alexia Fast, Canadian actress
- Alexia Chartereau, French basketball player (born 1998)
- Alexia Barlier, French actress
- Alexia Landeau, French actress
- Alexia Portal, French actress
- Alexia Dechaume-Balleret, French tennis player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.