Alexis

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Greek

Meaning

Alexis is a given name of Greek origin. Like the name Alexander, Alexis derives from the Greek verb: แผ€ฮปฮญฮพฮตฮนฮฝ, romanized: alรฉxein, lit. 'defend'.

From Wikipedia

Alexis first appears in the data in 2007 and has been recorded in 13 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 751 babies (rank #42 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Alexis

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Alexis yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

3,128
Total babies (all years)
13
Years in the data
751
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
200792#87
2008107#67
2009112#58
2010162#39
2011171#36
2012162#38
2013139#46
2014195#41
2015751#42
2016535#54
2017224#58
2018190#70
2019287#79