Alexus
Alexus is a given name and a surname. Notable people with this name include the following:
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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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. Its peak popularity came in 1996, when 1,703 Alexuss were born — ranking #178 that year. As of 2026, Alexus ranks #6,263 for baby girls 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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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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