Alex
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Alex
The independent Alex has become a classic in its own right. One of the truest unisex names, Alex is used almost equally for both sexes. Alex is used both on its own and as a short form of formal names of both genders, such as Alexander, Alexandra, and Alexis.
Alex for girls#2487 US
One of the most evenly divided unisex names these days; strong and energetic, if overused, for both genders.
Pronounced AL-eks.
As of October 2026, Alex ranked #232 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #47 in 1995, Nameberry popularity #361.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #128 | 3,190 | #1,422 | 160 |
| 2015 | #134 | 3,112 | #1,287 | 187 |
| 2016 | #146 | 2,854 | #1,337 | 177 |
| 2017 | #151 | 2,603 | #1,251 | 189 |
| 2018 | #153 | 2,525 | #1,324 | 171 |
| 2019 | #165 | 2,400 | #1,460 | 151 |
| 2020 | #183 | 2,122 | #1,293 | 171 |
| 2021 | #192 | 1,965 | #1,612 | 130 |
| 2022 | #190 | 2,004 | #1,478 | 148 |
| 2023 | #203 | 1,814 | #1,982 | 99 |
| 2024 | #205 | 1,722 | #2,166 | 87 |
| 2025 | #232 | 1,515 | #2,487 | 71 |
World rankings
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Famous Alexs
- Alex O'LoughlinBoy
Australian actor
- Alexander "Alex" RodriguezBoy
American baseball player
- Alexander "Alex" SmithBoy
American football player
- Alex DayBoy
musician, vlogger, and entertainer
- Alex PettyferBoy
English actor.
- Alex TurnerBoy
vocalist of Arctic Monkeys
- Alex HonnoldBoy
free soloist in rock climbing
- Alexander "Alex" GaskarthBoy
lead singer and guitarist of American pop,punk band All Time Low
- Alex LeeBoy
aka Alex from Target, popular internet meme
- Alexander Vail "Alex" EcksteinBoy
American child actor (identical triplet brother of Ben & Caleb)
- Alex BrightmanBoy
American theatre actor
- Alex ShibutaniBoy
American ice dancer
- Alex KinsleyBoy
American singer of duo "Alex & Sierra"
- Alex TerranovaBoy
American YouTuber of duo "Sierra and Alex"
- Alex JohnsonBoy
American musician of rock band "The Cab"
- Alex LangeBoy
American YouTuber
- Alex SmithBoy
British YouTuber, member of HATfilms
- Alex CarterBoy
Canadian actor
- Alex Høgh AndersenBoy
Danish actor
- Alex KapranosBoy
English vocalist and guitarist of rock band "Franz Ferdinand"
- Alex AlbonBoy
Thai-British Formula 1 driver
- Alexander “Alex” WarrenBoy
American singer
- Alexandrea "Alex" Martin DeanGirl
American actress; daughter of actress Whoopi Goldberg and Bernard Dean
- Alex Ruth AaronsonGirl
Australian,American soccer player
- Alexandra Elizabeth "Alex" KingstonGirl
English actress
- Alexandra Patricia "Alex" MorganGirl
American soccer player
- Alex McCordGirl
American reality TV personality ("Real Housewives of New York")
- Alexandra Hetherington "Alex" BreckenridgeGirl
American actress
- Alex GreenwoodGirl
English football player
- Alexandra Virina "Alex" ScottGirl
English football player
- Alexandria "Alex" SharpeGirl
Irish soprano singer and actress
- Alex Drummond (b. 1997)Girl
daughter of "Pioneer Woman" Ree Drummond
Alex in pop culture
- Alex KarevBoy
medical staff from "Greys Anatomy"
- Alex RiderBoy
teen spy from the "Alex Rider" adventure book series and movie "Storm Breaker"
- AlexBoy
protagonist in 'A Clockwork Orange"
- Alex SheathesBoy
character from "Delirium" trilogy
- Alex KrychekBoy
character from TV series "The X Files"
- Alex StewartBoy
character from movie "Love, Rosie" played by Sam Claflin
- Alex Louis ArmstrongBoy
character in manga/anime, 'Fullmetal Alchemist'
- Alex StoweBoy
character in the book series, The Unwanteds
- Alex SantiagoBoy
character on TV's "Pretty Little Liars"
- Alex LeoniBoy
character on TV's "Alex & Co."
- Alex aka "Razor"Boy
a character from "The 5th Wave" book series by Rick Yancey
- Alistair "Alex" TurnerBoy
"London Spy"
- Alex RoverBoy
fictional male character from "Nim's Island"
- Alex FierroBoy
gender,fluid character in Rick Riordan's Magnus Chase series
- Alex NoaBoy
the protagonist of the game Lunar: The Silver Star
- Alex MillerBoy
character of the movie "Don't Breathe"
- Alex WilderBoy
character in Marvel's Runaway comics
- "Alex & Sierra"Boy
American pop duo
- Alex WoodsBoy
character from Netflix's "Greenhouse Academy"
- Alejandro "Alex" FuentesBoy
main character of Simone Elkeles's "Perfect Chemistry"
- AlexBoy
character in the video game "Stardew Valley"
- Alexandra “Alex” CraneGirl
main character from the TV show “Star”
- Alexandra Margarita "Alex" RussoGirl
character from Disney's "Wizards of Waverly Place" played by Selena Gomez
- AlexGirl
character from "Totally Spies"
- Alex BaileyGirl
character from "The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell" by Chris Colfer
- AlexGirl
protagonist in "Paranormal Activity 4"
- Alex MackGirl
main character from ''The Secret World of Alex Mack''
- Alex OwensGirl
protagonist from ''Flashdance''
- Alex ForrestGirl
character from ''Fatal Attraction''
- Alexandra "Alex" VauseGirl
character from Netflix original show "Orange is the New Black"
- Alex RoperGirl
from movie "Train" played by Thora Birch
- AlexGirl
character in "Beautiful" by Amy Reed
- AlexGirl
character from Disney's "Twitches"
- Alex MeyersGirl
from TV series "Bent"
- Alex KerkovichGirl
character from series "Happy Endings"
- Dr. Alex BlakeGirl
a character on "Criminal Minds"
- Alexandra Anastasia "Alex" DunphyGirl
character on 'Modern Family'
- Alex WalkerGirl
protagonist of novel 'Small Blue Thing'
- AlexGirl
default female avatar from Minecraft
- Alexandra "Alex" DanversGirl
adoptive sister of Kara Danvers aka Supergirl in CW's show Supergirl
- Alex FierroGirl
gender,fluid character from Rick Riordan's Magnus Chase series
- Alexandra "Alex" RoverGirl
character from "Nim's Island"
- Agent Alex ParrishGirl
from TV's "Quantico"
- Alexandra "Alex" CabotGirl
character from TV show "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit"
- Alex StewartGirl
main character in movie "Holiday in the Sun"