Alexi
Feminine · “Defender”
Alexi is given to both — 4,220 girls and 1,756 boys since 1880. See Alexi as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Alexi is a spelling that serves in two directions. In Russian, Alexei is a man's name; in America, Alexi is a feminine of Alexis, itself a Greek word for defense. The final i makes it read as a woman's name to an American eye.
How old is the name Alexi?
Alexi first appears in US birth records in 1968 — 57 years ago. The typical Alexi alive today was born around 2002, making them about 23 years old. About 4,200 people named Alexi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Alexi most popular?
Alexi peaked in 1998, reaching #1059 nationally. Today it ranks #5410, 4,351 places below that high. See the whole 1998 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Alexios to Alexi
The story of Alexi
Alexis was a Greek man's name — the comic poet Alexis of Thurii, and Saint Alexius the Man of God, whose legend was enormously popular in medieval Europe. It became a woman's name in English-speaking countries in the twentieth century, and its American rise is unusually easy to date: the television series Dynasty ran from 1981 and its Alexis was one of the most watched characters on American television. Alexis entered the American top ten in the 1990s, and the respellings followed: Alexi, Alexus, Alexys and Alexia. Alexi peaks in 1998, at the height of the parent name's run.
Meaning
Defender, helper
From Greek alexein, to defend or ward off, giving Alexios and Alexis. The reading is settled and is the same element that opens Alexander — the defender of men. Russian Aleksei descends from Alexios and is a man's name; the American Alexi is a feminine respelling of Alexis, which itself was a man's name in Greek and became a woman's name in twentieth-century English.
How the name formed
- Alexios
- Alexis
- Alexi
Related forms: Αλέξιος · Aleksei · Alexis · Alexis
Pronouncing Alexi
uh-LEK-see
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Russian Aleksei is a-lek-SAY with the weight at the back and a diphthong at the end, which is a different name to the ear.
Nicknames for Alexi
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1968
- Most girls named
- 2002196 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1059reached in 1998
- Change vs 2024
- −11.5%23 in 2025, from 26
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Alexi in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Αλέξιος in Greek — related form
- Aleksei in Russian — related form
- Alexis in English — spelling variant
- Alexis in French — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Illinois.
Alexis among us
people named Alexi are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 69,881 born in 2025 was named Alexi
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Rickie test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Alexi's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Rickie climbed just as high around 1947, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Rickie's path sketches the road Alexi is walking now.
Alexi sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Alexi beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Alexi in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The Greek meaning is settled and admirable.
- Lexi and Alex are both immediate and very familiar short forms.
- Everyone can say it after one hearing.
- Alexis is the standard spelling and will be written for it.
- In Russian and Greek it is a man's name.
- Alexi, Alexis, Alexus and Alexa are close enough to be confused.
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Feminine · #5410 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Alexis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 4,200 people named Alexi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Alexi in 2025?
- Alexi ranks #5410 among US girl names in 2025, with 23 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Alexi?
- About 1 in every 69,881 US girls born in 2025 was named Alexi — 23 in all.
- Will my child share the name Alexi with classmates?
- Alexi will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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