Alexis
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Alexis
This name leapt into the female column via vixen Alexis Carrington on 'Dynasty" in the 1980s. It's more popular for girls, but it's still a widely used boys' names and is one of the most popular unisex names in the US today.
Alexis for boys#513 US
Alexis is an ancient (male) saints' name as well as the name of a third century BC comic poet. In the Alexios version, it was the name of several Byzantine emperors.
Alexis for girls#554 US
Alexis, a one-time exclusively-boys’ name, was more popular than its sister Alexandra for quite a while, but in recent years Alexandra has overtaken it once again. Alexis was a Top 20 girls’ name from 1994-2010 but has experienced a decline in popularity in recent years, though now it's one of the top unisex names.
Alexis zoomed to popularity following the introduction of the Dynasty character Alexis Carrington in the 1980s – which gave it a sleek image – and was quite popular throughout the 90s and 2000s, peaking at the third most popular girls’ name in 1999.
One of the few notable female pre-Carrington Alexises was 1940s actress Alexis Smith, who had some minimal impact on the name, which entered the list in 1943. A current bearer is Alexis Bledel, who played Rory on Gilmore Girls and currently stars on The Handmaid's Tale.
Pronounced uh-LEK-sis.
As of October 2026, Alexis ranked #513 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #103 in 2004.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #303 | 1,175 | #65 | 4,246 |
| 2015 | #344 | 995 | #85 | 3,435 |
| 2016 | #350 | 965 | #118 | 2,695 |
| 2017 | #397 | 804 | #143 | 2,072 |
| 2018 | #445 | 676 | #179 | 1,655 |
| 2019 | #450 | 670 | #235 | 1,328 |
| 2020 | #481 | 616 | #309 | 1,033 |
| 2021 | #469 | 634 | #342 | 947 |
| 2022 | #459 | 669 | #360 | 877 |
| 2023 | #472 | 642 | #448 | 686 |
| 2024 | #484 | 636 | #506 | 604 |
| 2025 | #513 | 584 | #554 | 547 |
World rankings
Alexis for girls
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Famous Alexiss
- Alexis DenisofBoy
American actor
- Alexis CarrelBoy
winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Alexis TsiprasBoy
Prime Minister of Greece
- Alexis SanchezBoy
soccer player
- Alexis PapasBoy
male model
- Alexis de TocquevilleBoy
French diplomat, political scientist, and historian
- Alexis ("Lex") Spyros Niarchos (b. 1991)Boy
son of Daphne Guinness and Spyros Niarchos
- Alexis MaldonadoBoy
Mexican YouTuber and Twitch streamer known as Quackity
- (Kimberly) Alexis BledelGirl
American actress
- Alexis Merizalde KnappGirl
American actress
- Alexis "Lexi" ThompsonGirl
American golfer
- Alexis Marie "Lexi" Nucklos AllenGirl
American gospel singer
- Alexis JordanGirl
American singer
- Alexis Arquette (born Robert Arquette)Girl
American actress
- Alexis "Faith" FordGirl
American actress
- Alexis CohenGirl
American singer
- Alexis TexasGirl
American actress
- AlexisGirl
German singer
- Alexis (Ebert)Girl
American country music singer
- Alexis Gabrielle DzienaGirl
American actress
- Alexis SkyeGirl
American model
- Gladys "Alexis" SmithGirl
Canadian actress
- Alexis "Ali" WallaceGirl
American beauty queen; Miss Oregon 2015
- Alexis Christine NeiersGirl
American reality TV personality
- Alexis Genevieve ZallGirl
American YouTuber
- Alexis Gilbert "Lexie" StewartGirl
American radio and TV host; daughter of lifestyle guru Martha Stewart
- Alexis KalehoffGirl
American actress; daughter of composer Edd Kalehoff and actress Andrea McArdle
- Alexis Danson (b. 1985)Girl
daughter of actor Ted Danson
- Alexis Rodman (b. 1988)Girl
daughter of basketball player Dennis Rodman
- Alexis Payne (b. 1998)Girl
daughter of basketball player Kenny Payne
- Alexis Ileana Lowell (b. 2001)Girl
daughter of baseball player Mike Lowell
- Alexis Faith Gosselin (b. 2004)Girl
daughter of Jon and Kate Gosselin
- Alexis McNabb (b. 2004)Girl
daughter of NFL player Donovan McNabb
- Alexis Elaine O'Connor (b. 2007)Girl
daughter of TV personality Kevin O'Connor
- Alexis Kerry Altman (b. 2017)Girl
daughter of American real estate agent, real estate investor, and reality television personality Josh Altman
- Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. (b. 2017)Girl
Daughter of athlete Serena Williams & Alexis Ohanian
- Alexis Ren (b. 1996) Internet CelebrityGirl
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model
Alexis in pop culture
- Alexis CastleGirl
daughter of Castle on TV's "Castle"
- Alexis Morell Carrington Colby Dexter RowanGirl
character on TV's "Dynasty"
- Alexis MeadeGirl
character on TV's "Ugly Betty"
- Alexis HalsteadGirl
character in "The Watch Gods" by Barbara Wood
- Alexis RhodesGirl
character on anime "Yu,Gi,Oh!"
- Alexis GlennGirl
character on TV's "Famous in Love"
- AlexisGirl
character on TV's "Into the Dark"
- Alexis RoseGirl
character on TV's "Schitt's Creek"
- Alexis "Lex" LoganGirl
character on Netflix's "Away"