Alex Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Alex: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 286,169 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

286,169

Peak year

1993 #52

Years on the list

146

10-year trend

-27.8%

In the 1990s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	4,041	#95
2012	3,870	#98
2013	3,559	#110
2014	3,192	#128
2015	3,113	#134
2016	2,855	#146
2017	2,606	#151
2018	2,526	#153
2019	2,401	#165
2020	2,122	#183
2021	1,969	#192
2022	2,006	#190
2023	1,814	#203
2024	1,728	#205
2025	1,515	#232

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1993

1,073

534

484

453

370

321

Names from the same era

Alexander · 1993 Zachary · 1993 Francisco · 1993 Alfredo · 1993 Kendall · 1993 Jamal · 1993 Zachery · 1993 Gilberto · 1993 Conor · 1993 Jean · 1993

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