Alexis

What Alexis means

Means “helper, defender”

From French Alexis, from Latin Alexis, ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἄλεξις (Álexis, “helper, defender”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Alexis” (revision 94534380), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Alexis?

US: Falling: down from #344 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #727 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2004, when 4,175 boys got the name (#103 that year). First in the US records in 1882.

How common

• About 1 in 2,925 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 15,108 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in TX (0.77 per 1,000 boys), CA (0.68 per 1,000 boys), IL (0.65 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Alexis is #513 in the US and #1466 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 51.6% of US babies named Alexis were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

If you like Alexis

Boys

• Andy#565Diminutive of Andrew, meaning “manly”^*
• Cristian#362Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #362 vs #1,197 in 2025
• Collin#493Diminutive of Nicholas, meaning “victory + people”^*
• Christian#96Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2000, with 16,059 babies; 3,641 in 2025
• Colin#343Short form of Nicholas, meaning “victory + people”^*
• Nicolas#177Variant of Nicholas, meaning “victory + people”^*

For a sister

• Angel#546Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2002, with 3,100 babies; 551 in 2025
• Anna#107Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #44 in 2015, #107 in 2025
• Karina#749Form of Catherine, possibly meaning “each of the two”^*
• Angelina#347“a female resident of Los Angeles”^*
• Alexandra#237“to defend + man”^*
• Katherine#186Variant of Catherine, possibly meaning “each of the two”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Greek, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Alexis’s. Rank is US 2025.