Yalexa

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Yalexa by the numbers

Yalexa was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 21 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Yalexa

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Yalexa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Yalenabright; a form of Helen13 in the US (2017)
  • Yelenabright light; shining; a form of helen41 in the US (2017)
  • Yaldabirth; the longest night of winter4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Yaleyza8 in the US (2017)
  • Yalina4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Yulema5 in the US (2017)

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