# Alexis (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alexis/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “helper”, “defender” |
| Pronunciation | /əˈlɛks.ɪs/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Lexis |
| US babies named this | 412,632 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 68,075 / 344,557 (84% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6,615, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From French Alexis, from Latin Alexis, ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἄλεξις (Álexis, “helper, defender”).

## What it means

Alexis is grouped under protector.

## 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 | 6,538 | 26 |
| 2012 | 5,375 | 40 |
| 2013 | 4,785 | 47 |
| 2014 | 4,247 | 65 |
| 2015 | 3,435 | 85 |
| 2016 | 2,696 | 118 |
| 2017 | 2,075 | 143 |
| 2018 | 1,656 | 179 |
| 2019 | 1,330 | 235 |
| 2020 | 1,033 | 311 |
| 2021 | 949 | 342 |
| 2022 | 881 | 359 |
| 2023 | 686 | 448 |
| 2024 | 610 | 501 |
| 2025 | 547 | 554 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,482 | 242 |
| 2012 | 1,560 | 229 |
| 2013 | 1,191 | 295 |
| 2014 | 1,175 | 303 |
| 2015 | 995 | 344 |
| 2016 | 965 | 350 |
| 2017 | 804 | 397 |
| 2018 | 676 | 445 |
| 2019 | 670 | 450 |
| 2020 | 616 | 481 |
| 2021 | 634 | 469 |
| 2022 | 670 | 458 |
| 2023 | 643 | 472 |
| 2024 | 640 | 484 |
| 2025 | 584 | 513 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 575 | 101 |
| 2012 | 576 | 101 |
| 2013 | 466 | 120 |
| 2014 | 437 | 127 |
| 2015 | 397 | 141 |
| 2016 | 348 | 161 |
| 2017 | 254 | 208 |
| 2018 | 147 | 323 |
| 2019 | 94 | 448 |
| 2020 | 70 | 559 |
| 2021 | 77 | 529 |
| 2022 | 56 | 671 |
| 2023 | 45 | 794 |
| 2024 | 59 | 654 |
| 2025 | 34 | 997 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 2,390 |
| 2012 | 22 | 1,191 |
| 2013 | 23 | 1,116 |
| 2014 | 26 | 1,061 |
| 2015 | 45 | 727 |
| 2016 | 39 | 818 |
| 2017 | 28 | 1,042 |
| 2018 | 28 | 1,013 |
| 2019 | 18 | 1,369 |
| 2020 | 23 | 1,150 |
| 2021 | 15 | 1,595 |
| 2022 | 19 | 1,366 |
| 2023 | 15 | 1,610 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1,595 |
| 2025 | 18 | 1,466 |

## People named Alexis

- Alexis de Tocqueville, French political thinker and historian, minister of Foreign Affairs (1805-1859)
- Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist
- Alexis Sánchez, Chilean footballer (born 1988)
- Alexis Bledel, American actress
- Alexis Mac Allister, Argentine association football player (born 1998)
- Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (*1713 – †1765)
- Alexis Texas, American pornographic actress (b. 1985)
- Alexis Saelemaekers, Belgian footballer (born 1999)
- Alexis Bouvard, French astronomer (1767-1843)
- Alexis Arquette, American actress (1969–2016)
- Alexis Vastine, French boxer (1986–2015)
- Alexis Denisof, American actor

## 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.