Lex
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
#2304
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
60
boys 60
Peak year
2021
93 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
4,010
since 1892
Born a Lex? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Lex was most popular in 2021, when 93 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.05 per 1,000). In 2025, 60 babies were named Lex, ranking #2304 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 60 | 2304 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 65 | 2210 |
| 2023 | 5 | 15194 | 90 | 1787 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 83 | 1892 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 93 | 1740 |
| 2020 | 5 | 15088 | 83 | 1798 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 90 | 1737 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 82 | 1838 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 91 | 1717 |
| 2016 | 5 | 16215 | 76 | 1921 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 68 | 2068 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 59 | 2256 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 57 | 2250 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 94 | 1637 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 85 | 1730 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 78 | 1850 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 84 | 1789 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 87 | 1736 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 93 | 1650 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 90 | 1605 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 81 | 1659 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 79 | 1629 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 85 | 1513 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 59 | 1888 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 25 | 3410 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 30 | 2922 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 20 | 3704 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 27 | 2926 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 26 | 2903 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 21 | 3293 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 18 | 3559 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 24 | 2951 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 29 | 2509 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 25 | 2747 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 22 | 2915 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 25 | 2628 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 24 | 2615 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 25 | 2367 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 20 | 2641 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 15 | 3131 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 15 | 3070 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 14 | 3107 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 11 | 3630 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 14 | 3108 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 14 | 3030 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 12 | 3430 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 13 | 3168 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 14 | 2929 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 15 | 2791 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 14 | 2826 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 14 | 2751 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 17 | 2358 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 18 | 2216 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 11 | 2991 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 21 | 1987 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 25 | 1743 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 19 | 1914 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 18 | 1894 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 24 | 1573 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 33 | 1327 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 26 | 1513 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 37 | 1288 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 31 | 1403 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 44 | 1172 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 45 | 1179 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 39 | 1252 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 46 | 1141 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 47 | 1114 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 50 | 1075 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 67 | 910 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 63 | 942 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 59 | 963 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 58 | 939 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 42 | 1136 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 56 | 934 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 41 | 1105 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 45 | 1047 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 23 | 1519 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 18 | 1786 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 9 | 2534 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 12 | 2009 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 16 | 1738 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 11 | 2277 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 8 | 2712 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 8 | 2656 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 12 | 2081 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 17 | 1636 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 14 | 1901 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 14 | 1913 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 15 | 1801 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 22 | 1453 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 16 | 1783 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 20 | 1540 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 16 | 1848 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 15 | 1927 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 10 | 2609 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 11 | 2452 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 9 | 2843 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 22 | 1647 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 21 | 1661 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 12 | 2435 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 24 | 1577 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 14 | 2224 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 21 | 1695 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 12 | 2502 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 17 | 1966 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 21 | 1624 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 15 | 2073 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 12 | 2280 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 9 | 2730 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 10 | 2458 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 11 | 1975 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 10 | 1803 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 8 | 1885 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 11 | 1038 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1909 | <5 | — | 7 | 1155 |
| 1908 | <5 | — | 5 | 1373 |
| 1907 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1906 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1905 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1904 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1903 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1902 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1901 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1900 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1899 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1898 | <5 | — | 6 | 1002 |
| 1897 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1896 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1895 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1894 | <5 | — | 6 | 954 |
| 1893 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1892 | <5 | — | 5 | 1066 |
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Where Lex is most popular
- California2.7×
- Texas2.1×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls <1% · boys 100% across all years