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Description of the name "Alex"

Alex is most popular name in Nevada of US for all generations. And most popular Boy name of Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers) in West. The Short-term(recent 3 years) Trend of this Boy name is decreasing, And The Long-term(recent 25 years) Trend is decreasing.The Short-term(recent 3 years) Trend of this Girl name is stalled, And The Long-term(recent 25 years) Trend is stalled.The popularity of this name is recently(3-years to 2022) stalled for male in MidWest, stalled for male in Northeast, stalled for male in South, stalled for male in West, stalled for female in West, and falling for male in MidWestfalling for male in Northeastfalling for male in Southfalling for male in Weststalled for female in West

 
 
 

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Visualized Trend by Regions for 'Alex'
Visualized Trend by States for 'Alex'

 
 
 

The total number and actual popularities of births of the name "Alex"

Years with the same rank do not necessarily indicate the same number of births. Name data come from Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States.  
 
 

The rankings of the name "Alex" by years

 
 
 

Name Rankings by Generations

 
In the G.I. Generation(1901~1927), the popularity of name "Alex" is 146th out of 1654 names.
In the Silent Generation(1928~1945), the popularity of name "Alex" is 208th out of 1332 names.
In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964), the popularity of name "Alex" is 243rd out of 1361 names.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980), the popularity of name "Alex" is 191st out of 1399 names.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996), the popularity of name "Alex" is 65th out of 1406 names.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996), the popularity of name "Alex" is 806th out of 1589 names.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012), the popularity of name "Alex" is 65th out of 1436 names.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012), the popularity of name "Alex" is 1106th out of 1586 names.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023), the popularity of name "Alex" is 152nd out of 1274 names.

 
 

Name Rankings by Generations and Regions

 
 

Popularities by States

In this context, popularity is determined by dividing the number of births with a specific name in a given state by the total number of births in that state. This method provides an absolute measure of popularity that remains unaffected by population size.