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Jalexis

Gender
Girl
Say it
juh-LEK-sis
Origin
Modern

Jalexis is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Jalexis mean?

Modern: Ja- prefix + Alexis

Built on Alexis, from the Greek name Alexios, meaning defender.

Is Jalexis a girl's or a boy's name?

Jalexis is a girls' name.

How popular is Jalexis in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.

Half of all the girls named Jalexis in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

1990Busiest: 22 in 19962020
Jalexis in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20205#15,083
20190–
20180–
20170–
20160–
20158#11,830
20140–
20135#16,542
20120–
20117#13,339
20106#14,953
200910#10,675
200810#10,802
200713#9,003
200613#8,711
20056#14,495
20047#12,754
200314#7,575
200213#7,810
200114#7,311
200019#5,700
199917#5,890
199813#7,099
199719#5,224
199622#4,578
19955#13,380
19940–
19936#11,773
19920–
19910–
19905#12,952

Names like Jalexis

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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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, “Jalexis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jalexis, updated 20 October 2026.