Lexis
#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · Last seen for boys in 2012 at #12,274
Given to girls 98.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1998 · 217 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,314since 1982
Lexis over time
Rank among girls' names. Lexis 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,486 | 12 | — | |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 | — | |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | — | |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | — | |
| 2019 | #8,597 | 12 | — | |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | — | |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 | — | |
| 2016 | #5,622 | 23 | — | |
| 2015 | #4,144 | 35 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,778 | 40 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,465 | 45 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,548 | 71 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #2,346 | 79 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,118 | 93 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,860 | 114 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #2,206 | 90 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #1,894 | 109 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,608 | 133 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,681 | 118 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #1,231 | 178 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,242 | 169 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,228 | 163 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,111 | 190 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,098 | 187 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,103 | 180 | — | |
| 1998 | #948 | 217 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #982 | 199 | — | |
| 1996 | #964 | 199 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,067 | 167 | #5,928 | 9 |
| 1994 | #1,239 | 139 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #1,653 | 91 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,191 | 61 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,388 | 53 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,523 | 30 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | — | |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | — | |
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| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | — | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | — | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | — | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | — | |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Lexis! It came in at #7,469, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1987, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Lexis is popular in 2000
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Iowa#374 · 1 in 2,025
- Pennsylvania#500 · 1 in 3,415
- Minnesota#505 · 1 in 3,204
- Massachusetts#672 · 1 in 5,234
- Michigan#678 · 1 in 4,730
Best ever in a state: #309 in Nebraska, 2001.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Iowa | #374 | 7 | 1 in 2,025 |
| Pennsylvania | #500 | 17 | 1 in 3,415 |
| Minnesota | #505 | 8 | 1 in 3,204 |
| Massachusetts | #672 | 6 | 1 in 5,234 |
| Michigan | #678 | 11 | 1 in 4,730 |
| Wisconsin | #710 | 5 | 1 in 5,099 |
| Ohio | #747 | 10 | 1 in 6,200 |
| Indiana | #762 | 6 | 1 in 5,551 |
| Tennessee | #835 | 5 | 1 in 6,231 |
| New Jersey | #920 | 6 | 1 in 6,960 |
| Illinois | #956 | 10 | 1 in 7,124 |
| Georgia | #1,118 | 6 | 1 in 8,010 |
| New York | #1,169 | 11 | 1 in 9,130 |
| Florida | #1,204 | 8 | 1 in 9,663 |
| Texas | #1,449 | 12 | 1 in 12,765 |
| California | #2,857 | 6 | 1 in 37,305 |
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See more about Lexis
- 1,047 spots since 2024 (#12,161 → #13,208)
- 2,118 spots since 2020 (#11,090 → #13,208)
- 9,064 spots since 2015 (#4,144 → #13,208)
- Biggest jump: 103 spots in 1996 (#1,067 → #964)
- Biggest drop: 155 spots in 1999 (#948 → #1,103)
- Debuted 1982
- Peaked 1998 at #948 (217 births)
- Births halved by 2008, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1996–1998
- Highest: 1 in 8,143 girls born in 1998 were named Lexis (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 43.8% of all girls named Lexis (1,451) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 57 | #6,160 (1989) | #8,069 |
| 1990s | 1,336 | #948 (1998) | #1,606 |
| 2000s | 1,451 | #1,098 (2000) | #1,516 |
| 2010s | 419 | #2,118 (2010) | #5,194 |
| 2020s | 51 | #8,486 (2023) | #10,962 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lexis in 2000
Top girls' names in 2000
More about 2000
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1,816,036 girls got a published name in 2000; 1 in 9,711 of them was named Lexis, which outranked 93.8% of the 17,660 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,094Janette188
- #1,094Latavia188
- #1,094Xiomara188
- #1,098Lexis187
- #1,098Caylee187
- #1,098Constance187
- #1,098Gwyneth187
- #1,104Aryana185
- #1,104Jocelyne185
- #1,104Myranda185
Tied with 5 names at #1,098; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.