Elex
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EL-ex
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Elex is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
Where does Elex come from?
Greek: probably a respelling of Alex
Is Elex a girl's or a boy's name?
Elex is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elex in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Elex, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1916, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1888.
Half of all the boys named Elex in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 1979, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elex in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,662 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,492 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,801 |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 9 | #2,466 |
| 1943 | 10 | #2,404 |
| 1942 | 9 | #2,522 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,084 |
| 1937 | 14 | #1,913 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,062 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,393 |
| 1933 | 14 | #1,905 |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,638 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,443 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,316 |
| 1928 | 16 | #1,960 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,193 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,434 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,445 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,346 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,151 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,764 |
| 1919 | 17 | #1,881 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,397 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,561 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,593 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,457 |
| 1914 | 11 | #1,974 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,579 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,618 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,289 |
| 1910 | 11 | #980 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 8 | #998 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,110 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,232 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 8 | #861 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,120 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 6 | #981 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 6 | #906 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,030 |
Names like Elex
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ellis Leon Emmett George Arthur Everett Charlie Henry Leo Otto Theodore Harvey
More Greek names
Luca Sophia Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris Maisie
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, “Elex: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elex, updated 20 October 2026.