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

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Peak · girls
1998 · 217 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,314
since 1982

Lexis over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lexis has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202006peak #948, 1998girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#13,2086—
2024#12,1617—
2023#8,48612—
2022#9,68010—
2021#11,1468—
2020#11,0908—
2019#8,59712—
2018#10,5459—
2017#8,77612—
2016#5,62223—
2015#4,14435—
2014#3,77840—
2013#3,46545—
2012#2,54871#12,2745
2011#2,34679—
2010#2,11893—
2009#1,860114#10,9946
2008#2,20690#12,5535
2007#1,894109—
2006#1,608133—
2005#1,681118#8,2998
2004#1,231178—
2003#1,242169—
2002#1,228163—
2001#1,111190—
2000#1,098187—
1999#1,103180—
1998#948217#8,4796
1997#982199—
1996#964199—
1995#1,067167#5,9289
1994#1,239139#8,8005
1993#1,65391—
1992#2,19161—
1991#2,38853—
1990#3,52330—
1989#6,16013—
1988#9,2447—
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1985#7,5638—
1984#10,4225—
1983#9,0156—
1982#7,4698—
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First appearance
1982

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 2006

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #718 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,478 girlsMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedILWisconsin: #635 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,597 girlsWIMichigan: #1,121 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,866 girlsMINew York: #1,598 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 12,066 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedINOhio: #895 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,367 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,161 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,223 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #3,633 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 46,954 girlsCAUtah: #625 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,144 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedDEArizona: #1,219 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,657 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,173 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,849 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #626 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,917 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Lexis, so not publishedHITexas: #1,804 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 15,107 girlsTXFlorida: #1,616 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 12,732 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#625 · 1 in 3,144
  2. Oklahoma#626 · 1 in 2,917
  3. Wisconsin#635 · 1 in 3,597
  4. Minnesota#718 · 1 in 4,478
  5. Ohio#895 · 1 in 6,367

Best ever in a state: #309 in Nebraska, 2001.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#62561 in 3,144
Oklahoma#62661 in 2,917
Wisconsin#63571 in 3,597
Minnesota#71861 in 4,478
Ohio#89591 in 6,367
Michigan#1,12161 in 7,866
Pennsylvania#1,16161 in 9,223
North Carolina#1,17361 in 7,849
Arizona#1,21951 in 7,657
New York#1,59881 in 12,066
Florida#1,61671 in 12,732
Texas#1,804111 in 15,107
California#3,63351 in 46,954
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Lexis
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
16 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1982
  • Peaked 1998 at #948 (217 births)
  • Births halved by 2008, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1996–1998
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,143
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 43.8% of all girls named Lexis (1,451) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s57#6,160 (1989)#8,069
1990s1,336#948 (1998)#1,606
2000s1,451#1,098 (2000)#1,516
2010s419#2,118 (2010)#5,194
2020s51#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 2006

girls
#1,608
133 births · 1 in 14,295 girls

Top girls' names in 2006

  1. #1Emily21,412
  2. #2Emma19,133
  3. #3Madison18,635
  4. #4Isabella18,231
  5. #5Ava16,941
  6. #6Abigail15,633
  7. #7Olivia15,508
  8. #8Hannah14,556
  9. #9Sophia13,503
  10. #10Samantha12,470
  11. #1,608Lexis133
More about 2006

girls

1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 14,295 of them was named Lexis, which outranked 92.0% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lexis
  1. #1,597Lilith134
  2. #1,597Payten134
  3. #1,597Sabina134
  4. #1,608Lexis133
  5. #1,608Desire133
  6. #1,608Lisbeth133
  7. #1,608Moira133
  8. #1,615Alea132
  9. #1,615Aviana132
  10. #1,615Cailin132

Tied with 6 names at #1,608; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. ↑ 8,571Bethzy#9,452 → #881
  2. ↑ 1,747Rihanna#2,278 → #531
  3. ↑ 965Yaretzi#1,803 → #838
  4. ↑ 921Betsy#1,668 → #747
  5. ↑ 612Evangeline#1,210 → #598
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,134Mikalah#806 → #2,940
  2. ↓ 1,275Jolette#954 → #2,229
  3. ↓ 756Karol#818 → #1,574
  4. ↓ 446Litzy#388 → #834
  5. ↓ 305Devon#963 → #1,268

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2006 →