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Alex

Short form of Alexander, Alexandra and other names beginning with Alex.

PronunciationEnglish /ˈæl.ɪks/; Dutch /ˈaː.lɛks/; German /ˈa.lɛks/; French /a.lɛks/; Romanian /ˈa.leks/; Icelandic /ˈaː.lɛxs/; Hungarian /ˈɒ.lɛks/
Usage languagesCzech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish
US rank (2025)#232

Meaning and history

Álex is a short form of Alexander, Alexandra, and other names beginning with Alex.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 6,670 births, rank #67
2007: 6,275 births, rank #72
2008: 5,400 births, rank #84
2009: 5,174 births, rank #83
2010: 4,442 births, rank #93
20112011: 4,041 births, rank #95
2012: 3,870 births, rank #98
2013: 3,559 births, rank #110
2014: 3,192 births, rank #128
2015: 3,113 births, rank #134
20162016: 2,855 births, rank #146
2017: 2,606 births, rank #151
2018: 2,526 births, rank #153
2019: 2,401 births, rank #165
2020: 2,122 births, rank #183
20212021: 1,969 births, rank #192
2022: 2,006 births, rank #189
2023: 1,814 births, rank #203
2024: 1,728 births, rank #205
20252025: 1,515 births, rank #232

Alex moved from #205 to #232 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1993, with 7,639 births.