Fun Facts About the Name Elex
- 771 babies named Elex: U.S. records list 771 babies given the name Elex from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Elex Mean?
Elex is a rare modern given name, and its etymology is not securely documented. The most common analysis treats it as a clipped or respelled form of names built on the Greek root alex-, meaning "to defend," which underlies Alexandros ("defender of men") and the short form Lex. If that link is right, the underlying sense would be "defender." That said, no early record establishes Elex as a traditional form of Alexander or Alexis, so the connection rests on the name's shape rather than a documented derivation. Because the meaning cannot be confirmed, it is best described as uncertain rather than as "defender."
Elex Name History & Origins
Elex is used today mainly as a short, informal personal name in English-speaking countries. It resembles the family of brief forms made from longer El- names and from Alex, such as Lex and Alec, but there is no documented chain showing that Elex descends from any particular one of them. Short forms of this kind typically emerge in speech first and acquire a settled spelling later, which is one reason a name like Elex can circulate without a clear line back to a parent name.
The same spelling appears as the title of the 2017 role-playing video game ELEX. That is a product name and does not establish the origin or history of the personal name.
How Popular is the Name Elex?
Elex recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1916. Its best rank was #879 in 1902.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,560 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2024 | #9,209 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2023 | #7,402 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #12,883 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #9,065 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2019 | #9,117 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #12,699 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #12,836 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #9,082 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2015 | #9,850 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #12,608 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #9,957 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2012 | #11,203 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #12,819 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2005 | #10,477 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #11,403 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #9,629 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #10,893 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #10,401 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #7,828 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1997 | #8,466 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #8,107 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #9,160 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #5,353 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1987 | #6,351 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1986 | #4,583 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1983 | #6,543 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1982 | #6,649 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1980 | #5,735 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1979 | #5,558 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1978 | #3,953 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1977 | #6,143 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1973 | #4,209 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1971 | #4,560 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1969 | #4,091 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1968 | #3,832 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1967 | #3,066 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1965 | #3,058 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1963 | #4,224 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1961 | #4,240 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1960 | #4,194 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1959 | #2,701 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1957 | #2,533 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1956 | #3,645 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1954 | #2,635 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1953 | #3,970 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1952 | #3,887 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1951 | #3,457 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1950 | #3,833 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1949 | #2,854 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1948 | #3,415 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1947 | #3,469 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1945 | #3,098 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1944 | #2,512 | 9 | 0.0007% |
| 1943 | #2,446 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1942 | #2,576 | 9 | 0.0007% |
| 1941 | #3,243 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1940 | #3,225 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1939 | #3,220 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1938 | #2,109 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1937 | #1,931 | 14 | 0.0013% |
| 1936 | #2,093 | 12 | 0.0012% |
| 1935 | #3,815 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1934 | #2,446 | 10 | 0.0010% |
| 1933 | #1,932 | 14 | 0.0014% |
| 1932 | #2,694 | 9 | 0.0009% |
| 1931 | #3,189 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1930 | #2,490 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1929 | #2,356 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1928 | #1,985 | 16 | 0.0014% |
| 1927 | #2,222 | 14 | 0.0012% |
| 1925 | #2,477 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1924 | #3,607 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1923 | #2,480 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1922 | #2,377 | 13 | 0.0012% |
| 1921 | #2,088 | 16 | 0.0015% |
| 1920 | #3,022 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1919 | #1,901 | 17 | 0.0017% |
| 1918 | #2,436 | 12 | 0.0012% |
| 1917 | #2,606 | 10 | 0.0011% |
| 1916 | #1,609 | 20 | 0.0022% |
| 1915 | #2,497 | 10 | 0.0012% |
| 1914 | #2,006 | 11 | 0.0017% |
| 1913 | #1,606 | 12 | 0.0023% |
| 1912 | #1,653 | 10 | 0.0023% |
| 1911 | #1,312 | 8 | 0.0035% |
| 1910 | #999 | 11 | 0.0057% |
| 1907 | #1,023 | 8 | 0.0054% |
| 1906 | #1,157 | 6 | 0.0045% |
| 1905 | #1,288 | 5 | 0.0038% |
| 1902 | #879 | 8 | 0.0065% |
| 1900 | #1,369 | 5 | 0.0033% |
| 1898 | #1,176 | 5 | 0.0041% |
| 1896 | #1,017 | 6 | 0.0050% |
| 1893 | #939 | 6 | 0.0053% |
| 1888 | #1,074 | 5 | 0.0041% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Elex Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You are fine when in harmony but changeable when in discord, because many of your best qualities are then reversed. You are entertaining but may be impulsive. Freedom is a necessity, and you find it difficult to settle down. Your versatility results in many changes, and often brings travel. Your fine intellect is capable of high honors if applied seriously. You are capable of inspired thinking applied to material things. You can be restless, changeable, and very sexy. You have an eventful, exciting life. You are versatile and have the ability to learn easily.
You are always looking for a chance to do your own thing, to be your own person, and to have things done your own way.
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