Alex
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, equivalent to English Alex.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Alex (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Alex has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2008. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | – | 211 |
| 1999 | – | 208 |
| 2000 | – | 190 |
| 2001 | – | 210 |
| 2002 | – | 233 |
| 2003 | – | 215 |
| 2004 | – | 210 |
| 2005 | – | 202 |
| 2006 | – | 224 |
| 2007 | – | 231 |
| 2008 | – | 263 |
| 2009 | – | 220 |
| 2010 | – | 232 |
| 2011 | – | 168 |
| 2012 | 5 | 182 |
| 2013 | 3 | 149 |
| 2014 | 3 | 180 |
| 2015 | – | 150 |
| 2016 | 5 | 125 |
| 2017 | – | 115 |
| 2018 | 6 | 101 |
| 2019 | 2 | 97 |
| 2020 | 5 | 93 |
| 2021 | 2 | 88 |
| 2022 | – | 59 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 15 | 1,854 |
| 2000 | 18 | 2,048 |
| 2001 | 20 | 2,274 |
| 2002 | 22 | 2,520 |
| 2003 | 24 | 2,746 |
| 2004 | 29 | 2,977 |
| 2005 | 32 | 3,200 |
| 2006 | 34 | 3,467 |
| 2007 | 38 | 3,730 |
| 2008 | 42 | 4,040 |
| 2009 | 47 | 4,298 |
| 2010 | 50 | 4,568 |
| 2011 | 58 | 4,775 |
| 2012 | 70 | 4,968 |
| 2013 | 77 | 5,141 |
| 2014 | 86 | 5,352 |
| 2015 | 109 | 5,562 |
| 2016 | 145 | 5,717 |
| 2017 | 170 | 5,853 |
| 2018 | 213 | 6,012 |
| 2019 | 244 | 6,192 |
| 2020 | 275 | 6,334 |
Alex in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Alex.Hi! My name is Alex.
- Alex ringde och sa att han blir lite sen.Alex called and said he'll be a bit late.
- Alex har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Alex has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Alex mamma är lärare.Alex's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Alex mamma is Alex's mum. Because Alex already ends in x, nothing is added.
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What does the name Alex mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, equivalent to English Alex.
How popular is Alex in Sweden?
59 babies were named Alex in 2022. In 2020, 6,609 people in Sweden had Alex as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2008 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.