Alex

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Primarily a boy's name · 98% boys

Origin: Greek

Meaning

Alex is a unisex name, employed either as a hypocoristic or a standalone given name, derived from the Greek element แผ€ฮปฮญฮพฮตฮนฮฝ, meaning "to defend" or "to protect." Universally recognized as a diminutive for Alexander and Alexandra, Alex has, in contemporary usage, established itself as an independent given name for both males and females.

From Wikipedia

Alex first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 60 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1995 with 193 babies (rank #105 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Alex

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

6,912
Total babies (all years)
60
Years in the data
193
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
195577#169
195698#154
195798#159
195884#183
195998#172
1960108#158
1961108#169
1962108#166
1963124#155
1964120#160
1965124#158
1966132#146
1967135#150
1968132#146
1969139#146
1970136#153
1971130#150
1972127#150
197394#177
1974112#158
197589#179
197681#188
1977109#151
1978103#164
1979110#153
1980132#139
1981104#166
198299#173
1983111#151
1984125#142
198585#189
1986106#163
1987144#135
1988119#153
1989130#144
1990168#125
1991136#147
1992157#125
1993145#139
1994161#124
1995193#105
1996165#123
1997120#159
1998141#149
1999126#159
2000110#186
2001136#154
200298#194
200391#204
200473#237
200582#210
200681#206
200790#183
200891#186
2009107#153
2010100#156
201184#187
201271#195
201380#172
201464#212