Girl name#567 of girl names
Alexia
Pronounced AH0 L EH1 K S IY0 AH0 (ARPABET)
- 4 syllables
- Peaked 2002
- 109 years in use
How popular is Alexia?
Alexia is a girls' name, and first appears in 1916. It has been given to 46,068 children — the 567th most common girls' name on record.
It is falling away, down 66% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2002, when 2,697 children were given it.
Characteristics
- Alliterative
- 4 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- AH0 L EH1 K S IY0 AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 0100
- Syllables:
- 4
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Alexia
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Alexia
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Alexia?
- Alexia ranks 567th among girls' names in US records, with 46,068 births since 1916. Over the past decade it accounts for 5,403.
- Is Alexia a unisex name?
- No. Alexia is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Alexia most popular?
- 2002, when 2,697 children were given the name. It has been in use for 109 years and is still recorded as of 2024.