Alexi
Boy · a-LEX-ee · Greek
Alexi is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 5,409th for girls in the US (23 babies).
What does Alexi mean?
Greek: form of Alexei or Alexis
“defender”
From Greek alexein, 'to defend', the same root as Alexander.
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Is Alexi a girl's or a boy's name?
Alexi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 23 girls and 18 boys in the US.
How popular is Alexi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Alexi, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2008, with 13 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Alexi than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Alexi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2018, 38% of the babies named Alexi in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Alexi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 13 | #1,696 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Alexi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 23 girls in the US were named Alexi, making it the 5,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,261st. Its busiest year was 2002, with 196 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968. 18 boys were also named Alexi in 2025 (5,207th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Alexi than any year since 1984.
Half of all the girls named Alexi in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 56% of the babies named Alexi in the US were girls.
Alexi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #5,409 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 36 | #4,045 |
| 2022 | 34 | #4,200 |
| 2021 | 47 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,261 |
| 2019 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2018 | 43 | #3,558 |
| 2017 | 50 | #3,192 |
| 2016 | 77 | #2,412 |
| 2015 | 77 | #2,382 |
| 2014 | 68 | #2,580 |
| 2013 | 71 | #2,508 |
| 2012 | 91 | #2,095 |
| 2011 | 126 | #1,671 |
| 2010 | 156 | #1,450 |
| 2009 | 123 | #1,769 |
| 2008 | 145 | #1,573 |
| 2007 | 140 | #1,598 |
| 2006 | 151 | #1,468 |
| 2005 | 140 | #1,494 |
| 2004 | 134 | #1,497 |
| 2003 | 173 | #1,223 |
| 2002 | 196 | #1,083 |
| 2001 | 165 | #1,224 |
| 2000 | 164 | #1,208 |
| 1999 | 186 | #1,075 |
| 1998 | 185 | #1,058 |
| 1997 | 140 | #1,263 |
| 1996 | 150 | #1,199 |
| 1995 | 135 | #1,251 |
| 1994 | 148 | #1,188 |
| 1993 | 110 | #1,449 |
| 1992 | 85 | #1,736 |
| 1991 | 108 | #1,459 |
| 1990 | 94 | #1,590 |
| 1989 | 53 | #2,245 |
| 1988 | 66 | #1,859 |
| 1987 | 39 | #2,570 |
| 1986 | 30 | #3,052 |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,516 |
| 1984 | 22 | #3,612 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,745 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
Nicknames for Alexi
Names like Alexi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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