Alexia
Girl · a-LEK-see-a · Greek
Alexia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender”. In 2025 it ranked 1,085th for girls in the UK (33 babies) and 1,040th for girls in the US (239 babies).
What does Alexia mean?
Greek: feminine form of Alexius
“defender”
A feminine form of Alexius, from Greek alexein, 'to defend'.
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Is Alexia a girl's or a boy's name?
Alexia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 33 girls in the UK and 239 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alexia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,085among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 33about 1 in 8,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 33 girls in the UK were named Alexia, making it the 1,085th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 828th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 311 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Alexia since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Alexia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,028th in England and Wales.
Alexia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #1,085 |
| 2024 | 37 | #996 |
| 2023 | 39 | #969 |
| 2022 | 37 | #1,004 |
| 2021 | 46 | #846 |
| 2020 | 47 | #828 |
| 2019 | 71 | #614 |
| 2018 | 110 | #443 |
| 2017 | 176 | #302 |
| 2016 | 221 | #257 |
| 2015 | 201 | #270 |
| 2014 | 234 | #239 |
| 2013 | 251 | #222 |
| 2012 | 273 | #206 |
| 2011 | 311 | #186 |
| 2010 | 282 | #207 |
| 2009 | 271 | #208 |
| 2008 | 244 | #235 |
| 2007 | 247 | #231 |
| 2006 | 191 | #275 |
| 2005 | 114 | #389 |
| 2004 | 122 | #345 |
| 2003 | 110 | #373 |
| 2002 | 80 | #445 |
| 2001 | 76 | #451 |
| 2000 | 69 | #480 |
| 1999 | 77 | #448 |
| 1998 | 53 | #567 |
| 1997 | 44 | #648 |
| 1996 | 43 | #622 |
How popular is Alexia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,040among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 239about 1 in 6,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 239 girls in the US were named Alexia, making it the 1,040th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 732nd. Its busiest year was 2002, with 2,691 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916.
2025 had fewer girls named Alexia than any year since 1987.
Half of all the girls named Alexia in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alexia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 239 | #1,040 |
| 2024 | 305 | #884 |
| 2023 | 342 | #815 |
| 2022 | 337 | #831 |
| 2021 | 309 | #881 |
| 2020 | 373 | #732 |
| 2019 | 471 | #632 |
| 2018 | 604 | #519 |
| 2017 | 771 | #412 |
| 2016 | 868 | #378 |
| 2015 | 1,019 | #319 |
| 2014 | 1,224 | #270 |
| 2013 | 1,833 | #175 |
| 2012 | 1,288 | #251 |
| 2011 | 1,150 | #277 |
| 2010 | 1,297 | #245 |
| 2009 | 1,474 | #220 |
| 2008 | 1,610 | #213 |
| 2007 | 1,946 | #179 |
| 2006 | 2,132 | #165 |
| 2005 | 2,126 | #160 |
| 2004 | 2,449 | #132 |
| 2003 | 2,495 | #133 |
| 2002 | 2,691 | #128 |
| 2001 | 2,295 | #143 |
| 2000 | 2,019 | #165 |
| 1999 | 1,651 | #188 |
| 1998 | 1,365 | #229 |
| 1997 | 1,119 | #259 |
| 1996 | 1,077 | #266 |
| 1995 | 912 | #304 |
| 1994 | 881 | #310 |
| 1993 | 692 | #367 |
| 1992 | 456 | #522 |
| 1991 | 464 | #508 |
| 1990 | 422 | #558 |
| 1989 | 318 | #647 |
| 1988 | 266 | #711 |
| 1987 | 221 | #793 |
| 1986 | 154 | #1,001 |
| 1985 | 154 | #987 |
| 1984 | 157 | #935 |
| 1983 | 162 | #918 |
| 1982 | 244 | #710 |
| 1981 | 184 | #846 |
| 1980 | 143 | #1,016 |
| 1979 | 116 | #1,144 |
| 1978 | 86 | #1,366 |
| 1977 | 78 | #1,429 |
| 1976 | 94 | #1,206 |
| 1975 | 105 | #1,111 |
| 1974 | 82 | #1,300 |
| 1973 | 59 | #1,570 |
| 1972 | 44 | #1,890 |
| 1971 | 41 | #2,035 |
| 1970 | 46 | #1,877 |
| 1969 | 64 | #1,465 |
| 1968 | 59 | #1,473 |
| 1967 | 47 | #1,659 |
| 1966 | 45 | #1,669 |
| 1965 | 47 | #1,635 |
| 1964 | 17 | #3,107 |
| 1963 | 21 | #2,703 |
| 1962 | 30 | #2,162 |
| 1961 | 23 | #2,542 |
| 1960 | 32 | #2,012 |
| 1959 | 17 | #2,868 |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,192 |
| 1957 | 18 | #2,726 |
| 1956 | 15 | #3,047 |
| 1955 | 26 | #2,107 |
| 1954 | 19 | #2,518 |
| 1953 | 24 | #2,121 |
| 1952 | 21 | #2,265 |
| 1951 | 15 | #2,693 |
| 1950 | 17 | #2,435 |
| 1949 | 16 | #2,513 |
| 1948 | 19 | #2,254 |
| 1947 | 20 | #2,199 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,738 |
| 1945 | 14 | #2,338 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,761 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,694 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,391 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,009 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,665 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,550 |
Nicknames for Alexia
Names like Alexia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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