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 | — | — | ||
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| 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.
Where Lex is popular in 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#1,048 · 1 in 8,103
- North Carolina#1,265 · 1 in 10,207
- California#1,364 · 1 in 14,568
- Florida#1,758 · 1 in 18,552
Best ever in a state: #228 in Utah, 1956.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #1,048 | 11 | 1 in 8,103 |
| North Carolina | #1,265 | 5 | 1 in 10,207 |
| California | #1,364 | 13 | 1 in 14,568 |
| Florida | #1,758 | 5 | 1 in 18,552 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 2021
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 18,812 of them was named Lex, which outranked 87.7% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,721Ravi94
- #1,721Reggie94
- #1,721Sloan94
- #1,740Lex93
- #1,740Demarcus93
- #1,740Ivar93
- #1,740Judd93
- #1,750Advik92
- #1,750Arin92
- #1,750Cadence92
Tied with 9 names at #1,740; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.