How popular is the baby name Alexa in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Alexa.
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The rare name Jexi has popped up in the U.S. baby name data just once so far, in 2020:
2022: unlisted
2021: unlisted
2020: 5 baby girls named Jexi [debut]
2019: unlisted
2018: unlisted
Where did it come from?
The romantic comedy Jexi, which was released in October of 2019.
The movie’s main (human) character was a socially awkward, technology-addicted nerd named Phil (played by Adam DeVine).
Its main non-human character, Jexi, was the digital assistant on Phil’s new smartphone.
Unlike Siri and Alexa, Jexi (voiced by Rose Byrne) had both a personality and a mission. She was pushy, raunchy, and specifically programmed to make Phil’s life better. For instance, Jexi “order[ed] kale salad instead of pork noodles for takeout,” and sent an e-mail to Phil’s boss demanding a promotion.
Thanks to Jexi, Phil’s life did begin improving. He made new friends, and even started dating. But Jexi — who had fallen for Phil, improbably — became jealous of Phil’s new romantic interest, and started acting out…
Mexico, the 10th-most-populated country in the world, is located in the southern part of North America.
In 2021, Mexico welcomed 1,912,178 babies. What were the most popular names among these babies? Sofia and Santiago.
Here are Mexico’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2021:
Girl Names
Sofia, 6,552 baby girls
Maria Jose, 6,019
Valentina, 5,671
Regina, 5,556
Camila, 5,255
Valeria, 3,890
Ximena, 3,794
Maria Fernanda, 3,779
Victoria, 3,622
Renata, 3,495
Romina, 3,447
Isabella, 3,199
Natalia, 3,036
Daniela, 3,012
Ana Sofia, 2,790
Alexa, 2,528
Fernanda, 2,515
Maria Guadalupe, 2,468
Samantha, 2,322
Andrea, 2,275
Aitana, 2,208
Emily, 2,133
Melissa, 2,107
Guadalupe, 2,030
Elizabeth, 2,002
Mariana, 1,828
Yamileth, 1,730 – a Latin American variant of the Arabic name Jamila
Danna Sofia, 1,696
Ana Victoria, 1,644
Ana Paula, 1,620
Alejandra, 1,581
Fatima, 1,565
Abigail, 1,560
Julieta, 1,543
Evelyn, 1,540
Esmeralda, 1,407
Luciana, 1,395
Lucia, 1,299
Estefania, 1,260
Maria, 1,244
Jimena, 1,227
Vanessa, 1,215
Ivanna, 1,201
Dayana, 1,197
Kimberly, 1,142
Angela, 1,122
Samara, 1,113
Carolina, 1,102
Emma, 1,098
Miranda, 1,096
Boy Names
Santiago, 9,963 baby boys
Mateo, 8,209
Sebastian, 6,381
Leonardo, 5,784
Matias, 4,708
Emiliano, 4,541
Daniel, 4,133
Gael, 4,024
Miguel Angel, 4,019
Diego, 4,014
Alexander, 3,644
Alejandro, 3,640
Jesus, 3,179
Angel, 2,928
David, 2,866
Tadeo, 2,795 – the Spanish form of Thaddeus
Fernando, 2,676
Luis Angel, 2,632
Rodrigo, 2,533
Jose Angel, 2,442
Maximiliano, 2,411
Jose Luis, 2,374
Gabriel, 2,365
Eduardo, 2,357
Emmanuel, 2,344
Dylan, 2,325
Rafael, 2,142
Juan Pablo, 2,080
Samuel, 2,066
Juan Carlos, 2,052
Jose Manuel, 2,046
Nicolas, 1,989
Isaac, 1,972
Leonel, 1,966
Elias, 1,940
Damian, 1,899
Liam, 1,880
Axel, 1,850
Emilio, 1,822
Ricardo, 1,778
Adrian, 1,770
Jose Miguel, 1,739
Jonathan, 1,710
Carlos, 1,689
Antonio, 1,680
Francisco, 1,678
Javier, 1,675
Alexis, 1,672
Alan, 1,657
Miguel, 1,636
The girls’ top 100 included Dulce Maria (51st), Aylin (58th), Itzayana (67th), and Lucero (93rd).
The boys’ top 100 included Juan (56th), Abraham (66th), Erick (83rd), and Brayan (87th).
Compound first names tend to be shortened for everyday use (e.g, “Juan Carlos” into “Juanca”), but few of these shortened forms have evolved into popular legal names, which I find surprising. I didn’t spot any examples on the boys’ side of the rankings, and only a handful — such as Mayte/Maite, short for María Teresa, and Maribel, short for María Isabel — on the girls’ side.
A few days ago, I stumbled upon a set of baby name data for Austin, Texas, for the year 2017. While it isn’t current, it does seem to be complete — so it includes hundreds of rare and single-use names (which are always fascinating!).
The data accounts for nearly 19,900 births (9,733 girls and 10,163 boys), and features nearly 6,100 names (3,431 given to girls, 2,656 given to boys).
According to this data, which comes from the City of Austin’s Open Data Portal, the top baby names in the capital of Texas five years ago were Emma and James.
Here are Austin’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2017:
Girl Names
Emma, 98 baby girls
Isabella, 88
Olivia, 84
Mia, 81
Evelyn, 77
Sophia, 75
Ava, 73
Abigail, 59 (tie)
Charlotte, 59 (tie)
Emily, 58
Camila, 56 (tie)
Elizabeth, 56 (tie)
Harper, 53
Amelia, 52
Penelope, 51 (tie)
Sofia, 51 (tie)
Scarlett, 46
Ella, 45
Avery, 43 (tie)
Zoe, 43 (tie)
Lillian, 41
Layla, 40 (tie)
Madison, 40 (tie)
Eleanor, 39
Victoria, 38
Allison, 37
Claire, 36 (3-way tie)
Elena, 36 (3-way tie)
Luna, 36 (3-way tie)
Aria, 35 (tie)
Chloe, 35 (tie)
Ellie, 34 (tie)
Katherine, 34 (tie)
Samantha, 33
Hannah, 30 (4-way tie)
Hazel, 30 (4-way tie)
Mila, 30 (4-way tie)
Stella, 30 (4-way tie)
Leah, 29
Cora, 28 (5-way tie)
Genesis, 28 (5-way tie)
Grace, 28 (5-way tie)
Natalie, 28 (5-way tie)
Ximena, 28 (5-way tie)
Clara, 27 (3-way tie)
Eliana, 27 (3-way tie)
Ruby, 27 (3-way tie)
Audrey, 26 (tie)
Sarah, 26 (tie)
Alexa, 25 (3-way tie)
Everly, 25 (3-way tie)
Lily, 25 (3-way tie)
Boy Names
James, 104 baby boys
Noah, 85
Daniel, 83
Benjamin, 82
William, 80
Oliver, 75
Liam, 74
Alexander, 73
Sebastian, 70
Henry, 67
Elijah, 66 (tie)
Mateo, 66 (tie)
Ethan, 65
Jackson, 63
Anthony, 61
Jacob, 60
Aiden, 59 (tie)
Luke, 59 (tie)
David, 58 (tie)
Samuel, 58 (tie)
John, 56
Isaac, 55 (tie)
Julian, 55 (tie)
Michael, 54
Charles, 53 (3-way tie)
Jack, 53 (3-way tie)
Matthew, 53 (3-way tie)
Jose, 52 (tie)
Joshua, 52 (tie)
Wyatt, 50
Aaron, 49 (4-way tie)
Grayson, 49 (4-way tie)
Joseph, 49 (4-way tie)
Levi, 49 (4-way tie)
Dylan, 48
Hudson, 47
Josiah, 46 (3-way tie)
Logan, 46 (3-way tie)
Santiago, 46 (3-way tie)
Jayden, 45
Nathan, 44
Christopher, 43 (tie)
Thomas, 43 (tie)
Andrew, 42 (4-way tie)
Gabriel, 42 (4-way tie)
Luis, 42 (4-way tie)
Owen, 42 (4-way tie)
Lucas, 41
Adrian, 40 (3-way tie)
Axel, 40 (3-way tie)
Christian, 40 (3-way tie)
On the girls’ list, Allison caught my eye. It ranked 26th in Austin in 2017, but 61st nationally the same year. Interesting.
Farther down on the boys’ list was Austin itself, in 95th place — vs. 75th nationally — with 21 baby boys. Much farther down was Texas, with 2 baby boys.
And now it’s time for the unique names!
One-of-a-kind names were given to 24% of the baby girls and 17% of the baby boys born in Austin in 2017. Here’s a sampling of the names that were bestowed just once:
Some possible explanations/associations for a few of the above:
Cadeau is the French word for “present, gift.”
Ceiba is a type of tree.
Tsumugi Shirogane is a character from the 2017 video game Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony.
Ynafets is “Stefany” spelled backwards.
Bruges is the capital of West Flanders (a province of Belgium).
Mistral is a strong late-winter wind in southern France.
The Rigveda is a sacred Hindu text.
I’ve never posted rankings for Austin before, but I have posted rankings recently for two nearby Texas cities: Houston (which is more than twice the size of Austin, population-wise) and College Station (which is about an eighth of the size of Austin).
Which girl names decreased in usage the most from 2020 to 2021?
Here’s a table of the fastest-falling girl names of 2021. On the left are the top 25 decreases in terms of absolute numbers of babies, and on the right are the top 25 decreases in terms of relative numbers of babies.
Rank
Girl name
Absolute fall
Girl name
Relative fall
1
Isabella
-957
Ashvi
-76%
2
Abigail
-936
Dessa
-75%
3
Victoria
-603
Jaeda
-73%
4
Alexa
-583
Amavi
-73%
5
Sophia
-540
Yameli
-73%
6
Brooklyn
-504
Raela
-72%
7
Anna
-452
Reniyah
-72%
8
Gianna
-435
Naeema
-72%
9
Harper
-433
Avyn
-72%
10
Aubrey
-409
Portia
-71%
11
Ava
-401
Jadah
-71%
12
Hannah
-400
Rona
-71%
13
Kaylee
-366
Jocelynne
-71%
14
Samantha
-361
Iolana
-71%
15
Serenity
-359
Nakshatra
-70%
16
Emily
-358
Jatziry
-69%
17
Genesis
-356
Irish
-69%
18
Ella
-354
Inanna
-69%
19
Melanie
-348
Evangaline
-69%
20
Brielle
-346
Alula
-69%
21
Mila
-330
Rakeb
-68%
22
Lauren
-312
Kiaya
-68%
23
Skylar
-303
Meral*
-67%
24
Londyn
-300
Kemya*
-67%
25
Arianna
-298
Jeri*
-67%
*Also at -67% were Helayna, Asmara, Arriyah, Anu, Akane, Kimberlin, Jojo, Elianni, Naleya and Leta.
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