Lex
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194 · #2,304 for boys in 2025, 60 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1956 · 67 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,995since 1892
Lex over time
Rank among boys' names. Lex has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,304 | 60 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,210 | 65 | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #1,787 | 90 |
| 2022 | — | #1,892 | 83 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,740 | 93 | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #1,798 | 83 |
| 2019 | — | #1,737 | 90 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,838 | 82 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,717 | 91 | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #1,921 | 76 |
| 2015 | — | #2,068 | 68 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,256 | 59 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,250 | 57 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,637 | 94 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,730 | 85 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,850 | 78 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,789 | 84 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,736 | 87 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,650 | 93 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,605 | 90 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,659 | 81 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,629 | 79 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,513 | 85 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,888 | 59 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,410 | 25 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,922 | 30 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,704 | 20 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,926 | 27 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,903 | 26 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,293 | 21 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,559 | 18 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,951 | 24 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,509 | 29 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,747 | 25 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,915 | 22 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,628 | 25 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,615 | 24 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,367 | 25 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,641 | 20 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,131 | 15 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,070 | 15 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,107 | 14 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,630 | 11 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,108 | 14 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,030 | 14 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,430 | 12 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,168 | 13 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,929 | 14 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,791 | 15 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,826 | 14 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,751 | 14 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,358 | 17 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,216 | 18 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,991 | 11 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,987 | 21 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,743 | 25 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,914 | 19 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,894 | 18 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,573 | 24 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,327 | 33 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,513 | 26 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,288 | 37 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,403 | 31 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,172 | 44 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,179 | 45 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,252 | 39 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,141 | 46 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,114 | 47 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,075 | 50 | |
| 1956 | — | #910 | 67 | |
| 1955 | — | #942 | 63 | |
| 1954 | — | #963 | 59 | |
| 1953 | — | #939 | 58 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,136 | 42 | |
| 1951 | — | #934 | 56 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,105 | 41 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,047 | 45 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,519 | 23 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,786 | 18 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,534 | 9 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,009 | 12 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,738 | 16 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,277 | 11 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,712 | 8 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,656 | 8 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,081 | 12 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,636 | 17 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,901 | 14 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,913 | 14 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,801 | 15 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,453 | 22 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,783 | 16 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,540 | 20 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,848 | 16 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,927 | 15 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,609 | 10 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,452 | 11 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,843 | 9 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,647 | 22 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,661 | 21 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,435 | 12 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,577 | 24 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,224 | 14 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,695 | 21 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,502 | 12 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,966 | 17 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,624 | 21 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,073 | 15 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,280 | 12 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,730 | 9 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,458 | 10 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,975 | 11 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,803 | 10 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,885 | 8 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,038 | 11 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | #1,155 | 7 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,002 | 6 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #954 | 6 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Lex! It came in at #1,066, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1892–1893, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Lex
- 94 spots since 2024 (#2,210 → #2,304)
- 506 spots since 2020 (#1,798 → #2,304)
- 236 spots since 2015 (#2,068 → #2,304)
- Biggest jump: 197 spots in 1953 (#1,136 → #939)
- Biggest drop: 202 spots in 1952 (#934 → #1,136)
- Debuted 1892
- Peaked 1956 at #910 (67 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1953–1956
- Highest: 1 in 18,812 boys born in 2021 were named Lex (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 28,468 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #910 in 1956, was only 1 in 31,572 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 19.5% of all boys named Lex (780) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 17 | #954 (1894) | #1,007 |
| 1900s | 12 | #1,155 (1909) | #1,264 |
| 1910s | 107 | #1,038 (1911) | #1,985 |
| 1920s | 163 | #1,577 (1924) | #2,100 |
| 1930s | 159 | #1,453 (1935) | #1,841 |
| 1940s | 162 | #1,047 (1949) | #2,036 |
| 1950s | 529 | #910 (1956) | #1,026 |
| 1960s | 316 | #1,172 (1962) | #1,452 |
| 1970s | 162 | #1,743 (1970) | #2,576 |
| 1980s | 164 | #2,367 (1988) | #3,013 |
| 1990s | 237 | #2,509 (1993) | #3,014 |
| 2000s | 713 | #1,513 (2003) | #1,980 |
| 2010s | 780 | #1,637 (2012) | #1,900 |
| 2020s | 474 | #1,740 (2021) | #1,955 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lex in 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 354,404 of them was named Lex, which outranked 14.1% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 2,670 names at #16,215; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 24,970 of them was named Lex, which outranked 86.5% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,903Sulaiman77
- #1,903Woodrow77
- #1,903Zyion77
- #1,921Lex76
- #1,921Angus76
- #1,921Avyan76
- #1,921Braedyn76
- #1,936Abbas75
- #1,936Adriano75
- #1,936Alder75
Tied with 14 names at #1,921; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.