Alex in Iowa
Babies in Iowa
3,892
since 1914
Rank in Iowa · 2025
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recorded as girls
#346
recorded as boys
Peak year in Iowa
1988
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in Iowa, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Alex in Iowa from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 10 | 346 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 12 | 310 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 12 | 305 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 21 | 192 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 14 | 268 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 15 | 244 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 18 | 215 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 17 | 224 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 22 | 182 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 23 | 185 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 26 | 165 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 27 | 162 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 34 | 123 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 31 | 132 |
| 2011 | 7 | 420 | 50 | 84 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 46 | 87 |
| 2009 | 6 | 506 | 55 | 77 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 53 | 85 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 81 | 60 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 81 | 59 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 84 | 58 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 101 | 43 |
| 2003 | 7 | 383 | 89 | 53 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 104 | 39 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 97 | 47 |
| 2000 | 8 | 337 | 103 | 44 |
| 1999 | 5 | 455 | 121 | 33 |
| 1998 | 6 | 391 | 120 | 39 |
| 1997 | 7 | 344 | 133 | 31 |
| 1996 | 10 | 260 | 111 | 42 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 148 | 26 |
| 1994 | 11 | 230 | 131 | 33 |
| 1993 | 14 | 194 | 158 | 25 |
| 1992 | 15 | 192 | 171 | 27 |
| 1991 | 11 | 244 | 158 | 30 |
| 1990 | 5 | 422 | 162 | 30 |
| 1989 | 6 | 358 | 156 | 37 |
| 1988 | 9 | 271 | 178 | 29 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 133 | 42 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 129 | 44 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 93 | 52 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 48 | 83 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 38 | 94 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 33 | 109 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 30 | 111 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 28 | 128 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 23 | 128 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 23 | 130 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 13 | 177 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 16 | 156 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 7 | 247 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 13 | 177 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 9 | 205 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 6 | 263 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 21 | 146 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 8 | 265 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 7 | 268 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1967 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 7 | 289 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 10 | 247 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 10 | 253 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 8 | 288 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 5 | 356 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1958 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1957 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1956 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1955 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 5 | 331 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1952 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 5 | 330 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1949 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1948 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1947 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1946 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1945 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1944 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1943 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1942 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1941 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1940 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1939 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1938 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1937 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 6 | 270 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1934 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1933 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1932 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1931 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1930 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1929 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 8 | 241 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 6 | 286 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1924 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1923 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1922 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 6 | 303 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 11 | 216 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 5 | 317 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 7 | 282 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 6 | 289 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 9 | 183 |