Alex is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #432 for boy births in the United States, given to 1,586 babies. Alex first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1993 (8,064 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,586 | #432 |
| 2024 | 1,816 | #375 |
| 2023 | 1,914 | #355 |
| 2022 | 2,154 | #318 |
| 2021 | 2,099 | #327 |
| 2020 | 2,293 | #300 |
| 2019 | 2,552 | #282 |
| 2018 | 2,697 | #267 |
| 2017 | 2,795 | #263 |
| 2016 | 3,032 | #249 |
| 2015 | 3,300 | #217 |
| 2014 | 3,352 | #217 |
| 2013 | 3,705 | #186 |
| 2012 | 4,002 | #161 |
| 2011 | 4,209 | #152 |
| 2010 | 4,615 | #148 |
| 2009 | 5,348 | #124 |
| 2008 | 5,569 | #127 |
| 2007 | 6,467 | #107 |
| 2006 | 6,904 | #98 |
| 2005 | 6,717 | #101 |
| 2004 | 7,054 | #96 |
| 2003 | 7,014 | #99 |
| 2002 | 7,033 | #98 |
| 2001 | 6,832 | #102 |
| 2000 | 6,987 | #102 |
| 1999 | 7,107 | #96 |
| 1998 | 7,233 | #96 |
| 1997 | 7,177 | #93 |
| 1996 | 7,267 | #90 |
| 1995 | 7,865 | #83 |
| 1994 | 7,634 | #88 |
| 1993 | 8,064 | #88 |
| 1992 | 7,717 | #93 |
| 1991 | 7,042 | #108 |
| 1990 | 7,201 | #108 |
| 1989 | 6,784 | #115 |
| 1988 | 6,678 | #110 |
| 1987 | 6,252 | #111 |
| 1986 | 5,254 | #120 |
| 1985 | 3,995 | #151 |
| 1984 | 3,112 | #186 |
| 1983 | 2,182 | #263 |
| 1982 | 2,010 | #291 |
| 1981 | 1,905 | #299 |
| 1980 | 1,711 | #324 |
| 1979 | 1,676 | #325 |
| 1978 | 1,484 | #342 |
| 1977 | 1,632 | #321 |
| 1976 | 1,383 | #354 |
| 1975 | 1,340 | #365 |
| 1974 | 1,409 | #356 |
| 1973 | 1,268 | #387 |
| 1972 | 1,199 | #425 |
| 1971 | 1,375 | #407 |
| 1970 | 1,418 | #413 |
| 1969 | 1,225 | #444 |
| 1968 | 1,178 | #434 |
| 1967 | 1,143 | #450 |
| 1966 | 1,029 | #480 |
| 1965 | 1,257 | #443 |
| 1964 | 1,254 | #462 |
| 1963 | 1,314 | #448 |
| 1962 | 1,280 | #463 |
| 1961 | 1,238 | #475 |
| 1960 | 1,247 | #469 |
| 1959 | 1,176 | #489 |
| 1958 | 1,033 | #516 |
| 1957 | 906 | #553 |
| 1956 | 816 | #560 |
| 1955 | 718 | #580 |
| 1954 | 751 | #564 |
| 1953 | 728 | #559 |
| 1952 | 707 | #551 |
| 1951 | 699 | #543 |
| 1950 | 758 | #517 |
| 1949 | 740 | #519 |
| 1948 | 774 | #507 |
| 1947 | 805 | #495 |
| 1946 | 706 | #496 |
| 1945 | 639 | #487 |
| 1944 | 627 | #503 |
| 1943 | 667 | #490 |
| 1942 | 687 | #476 |
| 1941 | 641 | #464 |
| 1940 | 626 | #460 |
| 1939 | 602 | #459 |
| 1938 | 606 | #462 |
| 1937 | 569 | #467 |
| 1936 | 564 | #466 |
| 1935 | 588 | #465 |
| 1934 | 634 | #445 |
| 1933 | 611 | #446 |
| 1932 | 688 | #426 |
| 1931 | 736 | #407 |
| 1930 | 773 | #408 |
| 1929 | 793 | #400 |
| 1928 | 805 | #405 |
| 1927 | 906 | #382 |
| 1926 | 815 | #403 |
| 1925 | 908 | #382 |
| 1924 | 983 | #365 |
| 1923 | 946 | #370 |
| 1922 | 1,011 | #359 |
| 1921 | 1,030 | #351 |
| 1920 | 1,080 | #333 |
| 1919 | 1,087 | #320 |
| 1918 | 1,215 | #305 |
| 1917 | 1,088 | #310 |
| 1916 | 1,102 | #299 |
| 1915 | 1,019 | #303 |
| 1914 | 789 | #307 |
| 1913 | 604 | #316 |
| 1912 | 482 | #339 |
| 1911 | 268 | #371 |
| 1910 | 256 | #369 |
| 1909 | 227 | #360 |
| 1908 | 199 | #371 |
| 1907 | 186 | #379 |
| 1906 | 176 | #367 |
| 1905 | 166 | #386 |
| 1904 | 169 | #365 |
| 1903 | 138 | #399 |
| 1902 | 154 | #380 |
| 1901 | 138 | #369 |
| 1900 | 192 | #353 |
| 1899 | 133 | #366 |
| 1898 | 149 | #369 |
| 1897 | 130 | #378 |
| 1896 | 165 | #329 |
| 1895 | 143 | #347 |
| 1894 | 152 | #328 |
| 1893 | 133 | #349 |
| 1892 | 163 | #307 |
| 1891 | 133 | #312 |
| 1890 | 147 | #307 |
| 1889 | 127 | #318 |
| 1888 | 167 | #273 |
| 1887 | 136 | #275 |
| 1886 | 161 | #246 |
| 1885 | 159 | #233 |
| 1884 | 148 | #247 |
| 1883 | 120 | #258 |
| 1882 | 172 | #208 |
| 1881 | 114 | #248 |
| 1880 | 147 | #207 |