Alexus
Alexus is a given name and a surname. Notable people with this name include the following:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Alexus
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Alexus is a given name and a surname. Notable people with this name include the following:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Alexus
Alexus first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1982, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1996: 1,703 births, good for #178 nationwide. The 1990s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 54% of all recorded Alexuss. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #6,263 among baby girl names with 18 births, falling sharply (-42%). In total, more than 19K Alexuss have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Alexus
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Names that sound like Alexus
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About the name Alexus
Alexus is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1982 and has accumulated 19K births in the dataset. Alexus's peak popularity came in 1996 when it ranked #178. Use the chart and map above to compare Alexus's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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