Elexis
Girl · eh-LEK-sis · Greek
Elexis is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Elexis mean?
Greek: variant of Alexis
“defender”
- Say it
- eh-LEK-sis
Is Elexis a girl's or a boy's name?
Elexis is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elexis in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Elexis in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elexis in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
How popular is Elexis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Elexis, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 176 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Elexis in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elexis in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 34 | #4,231 |
| 2014 | 27 | #5,023 |
| 2013 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2012 | 33 | #4,385 |
| 2011 | 39 | #3,842 |
| 2010 | 74 | #2,493 |
| 2009 | 90 | #2,190 |
| 2008 | 89 | #2,218 |
| 2007 | 79 | #2,394 |
| 2006 | 98 | #2,016 |
| 2005 | 86 | #2,139 |
| 2004 | 102 | #1,854 |
| 2003 | 118 | #1,624 |
| 2002 | 120 | #1,557 |
| 2001 | 133 | #1,421 |
| 2000 | 141 | #1,333 |
| 1999 | 162 | #1,189 |
| 1998 | 176 | #1,093 |
| 1997 | 167 | #1,118 |
| 1996 | 176 | #1,047 |
| 1995 | 138 | #1,232 |
| 1994 | 121 | #1,365 |
| 1993 | 86 | #1,721 |
| 1992 | 67 | #2,028 |
| 1991 | 71 | #1,952 |
| 1990 | 40 | #2,845 |
| 1989 | 42 | #2,652 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,888 |
| 1987 | 27 | #3,328 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,344 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,280 |
| 1984 | 28 | #3,068 |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,554 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,024 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
Nicknames for Elexis
- Lexi 149 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Elexis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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