Alex name popularity, meaning and origin

Name Popularity: 98%

Alex name meaning:

Origin: Greek

Form of Alexander. Helper and defender of mankind.

Related names

Alexander , Alandair, Alasdair , Alastair , Alec , Alejandra , Alejandro , Alejo, Alek , Aleka, Aleko, Alekos, Aleksander , Aleksy , Alesandro, Alessandra , Alessandre, Alessandri, Alex , Alexa , Alexandra , Alexandrea, Alexandria , Alexandrina, Alexandro, Alexi , Alexia , Alexina, Alexine, Alexis , Alick, Alik, Alisander, Alissander, Alistaire, Alister, Alistir, Alixandra, Allissandre, Allistair, Allistir, Alsandair, Alsandare, Alyssandra, Alyx, Elke, Lexandra, Lexi , Lisandra, Olexa, Pip , Sacha , Sachenka, Sachka, Sande, Sandey, Sandi, Sandie, Sandra , Sandy , Sascha , Sasha , Xandra, Xandy

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Statistics

Overall UK ranking: 106 out of 4702

594 recorded births last year

Change in rank

10yrs

-56
5yrs

-31
1yr

-15

Regional popularity

Ranking for this name in various UK regions

East Midlands (79)
Wales (81)
Yorkshire (82)
West Midlands (83)
Scotland (85)
London (86)
North East England (91)
England (91)
South East England (99)
South West England (104)

Historical popularity of Alex

The graph below shows the popularity of the boys's name Alex from all the UK baby name statistics available. It's a quick easy way to see the trend for Alex in 2021