Alexes
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- uh-LEK-sis
- Origin
- Greek
Alexes is a name of Greek origin, meaning “defender, helper”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Alexes mean?
Greek: variant of Alexis
“defender, helper”
Respelling of Alexis, from the Greek alexo 'to defend, help'.
Is Alexes a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Alexes has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls.
How popular is Alexes in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1994, with 53 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Alexes in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 83% of the babies named Alexes in the US in 1993, and 55% in 2006.
Alexes in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 25 | #5,058 |
| 2003 | 41 | #3,468 |
| 2002 | 37 | #3,591 |
| 2001 | 29 | #4,205 |
| 2000 | 47 | #2,970 |
| 1999 | 49 | #2,779 |
| 1998 | 49 | #2,728 |
| 1997 | 49 | #2,587 |
| 1996 | 53 | #2,420 |
| 1995 | 41 | #2,875 |
| 1994 | 53 | #2,407 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
Nicknames for Alexes
- Lexi 149 girls in the UK in 2025
Names related to Alexes
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alexes: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alexes, updated 20 October 2026.