Alexa

“Defender” — Greek origin

Girl's name · #1029 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Alexa reached its best rank, #32, in 2015 and ranked #1029 in 2025. About 132,000 girls have carried it since 1916. Alexa's short forms are Lexi and Lexa. About 610 girls a year are given Lexi as their full name.

Around the world: about 1 in 12,000 girls in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 16,000 girls in Sweden (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 36 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Alexas

Alexa PenaVega — American actress
Alexa Davalos — French-American actress
Alexa Demie — American actress and singer
Alexa Bliss — American professional wrestler
Alexa Chung — English television presenter, model and contributing editor

In stories & tradition

Alexa — Pokémon X and Y · Pokémon the Series: Black & White
Alexa Shultz — The Mentalist

What Alexas become

Among 395 notable people named Alexa:

Entertainers appear 1.99× more often than among typical names — e.g. Alexa PenaVega, American actress.

Similar names: Alex · Kyra · Alexia · Julissa · Madalyn · Alexandria

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