Lexus

Where Lexus comes from

Lexus hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1976
    Lexus Locklear born
    American pornographic actress
  2. 1990
    First appearance
    #3,078 among girls, 36 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1996
    Peak, #449
    557 babies named Lexus — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2003
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #878.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Lexus Locklear · American pornographic actress, born 1976

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.