Lexa

Peak · girls
2017 · 115 births
Debut · girls
11 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,578
since 1949

Lexa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lexa has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,804, 2017girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#4,75828
2024#6,16719
2023#4,19134
2022#3,53644
2021#2,78461
2020#2,89056
2019#2,30578
2018#1,813112
2017#1,804115
2016#2,90258
2015#3,65042
2014#4,00337
2013#4,24334
2012#3,98838
2011#3,65942
2010#3,68942
2009#3,12654
2008#3,77942
2007#3,78642
2006#4,35833
2005#3,31746
2004#3,63140
2003#3,13147
2002#3,88933
2001#4,20929
2000#4,79124
1999#4,57624
1998#4,63623
1997#3,44833
1996#3,63230
1995#5,22118
1994#4,52122
1993#5,67316
1992#7,51211
1991#3,63329
1990#5,54916
1989#8,7618
1988#11,7985
1987#7,3539
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1984#10,4225
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1980#9,0956
1979#8,0617
1978#7,6497
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1971#8,3245
1970#7,9955
1969#6,6176
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1958#4,8907
1957#4,9187
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1954#4,2788
1953#5,6735
1952#4,4837
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First appearance
1949

The first year at least five girls were named Lexa! It came in at #3,176, and was given to 11 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1950–1951, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Lexa is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Lexa in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Lexa
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,409 spots since 2024 (#6,167 → #4,758)
  • 1,868 spots since 2020 (#2,890 → #4,758)
  • 1,108 spots since 2015 (#3,650 → #4,758)
Rise & fade · girls
68 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1949
  • Peaked 2017 at #1,804 (115 births)
  • Births halved by 2020, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 15,013
  • Highest: 1 in 15,013 girls born in 2017 were named Lexa (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 57,402 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 37.9% of all girls named Lexa (598) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s11#3,176 (1949)#3,176
1950s41#4,278 (1954)#4,830
1960s17#5,851 (1961)#6,412
1970s24#7,649 (1978)#8,007
1980s33#7,353 (1987)#9,486
1990s222#3,448 (1997)#4,840
2000s390#3,126 (2009)#3,802
2010s598#1,804 (2017)#3,206
2020s242#2,784 (2021)#4,054

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.

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