Lexi

Where Lexi comes from

The dictionaries list Lexi as a given name — a diminutive of the female given names Alexa, Alexandra, Alexia, and Alexis, from Ancient Greek, variant of Lexie — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1948
    First appearance
    #5,243 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1987
    Lexi Belle born
    American pornographic actress
  3. 1992
    Lexi Ainsworth born
    American actress
  4. 2014
    Peak, #241
    1,334 babies named Lexi — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2023
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #523.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given names Alexa, Alexandra, Alexia, and Alexis, from Ancient Greek, variant of Lexie.
Namesakes
  • Lexi Belle · American pornographic actress, born 1987
  • Lexi Ainsworth · American actress, born 1992
  • Lexi Alexander · German director, born 1974
  • Lexi Randall · American actress, born 1980
  • Lexi Love · American actress, born 1980

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.