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Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: falling

AlexIn Hebrew: אלכס · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: אָלֶכְּס

Alex (Hebrew: אלכס) is a boy's name of international origin. 3,269 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 2019, with 99 babies.

People in Israel
3,269
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
2019
99 babies
USA, 2025
1,515
rank #232

Writing and saying Alex

In Hebrew letters the name is אלכס, read right to left. Alex is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Alex by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Alex: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Alex in English-speaking countries

Alex in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20251,515#2321993 (7,639)
United Kingdom2025280#2012008 (1,808)
England and Wales2025243#2071996 (1,762)
Scotland202523#1782008 (106)
Northern Ireland202514#1592009 (97)
Ireland2025128#392010 (551)
British Columbia20238#3991993 (58)
Alberta202523#2112009 (52)
Quebec202528#1921995 (582)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Alex has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Alex

How do you write Alex in Hebrew?

Alex is written אלכס in Hebrew (with vowel points: אָלֶכְּס). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Alex?

3,269 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אלכס: 1,128 women and 2,141 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Alex a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 65.5% of the people named אלכס are men.

Is Alex used outside Israel?

The name Alex appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 1,515 boys were given it in 2025 (#232), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 280 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.