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
- Peak · girls
- 1998 · 217 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,314since 1982
Lexis over time
Rank among girls' names. Lexis has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,486 | 12 | — | |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 | — | |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | — | |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | — | |
| 2019 | #8,597 | 12 | — | |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | — | |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 | — | |
| 2016 | #5,622 | 23 | — | |
| 2015 | #4,144 | 35 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,778 | 40 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,465 | 45 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,548 | 71 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #2,346 | 79 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,118 | 93 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,860 | 114 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #2,206 | 90 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #1,894 | 109 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,608 | 133 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,681 | 118 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #1,231 | 178 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,242 | 169 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,228 | 163 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,111 | 190 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,098 | 187 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,103 | 180 | — | |
| 1998 | #948 | 217 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #982 | 199 | — | |
| 1996 | #964 | 199 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,067 | 167 | #5,928 | 9 |
| 1994 | #1,239 | 139 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #1,653 | 91 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,191 | 61 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,388 | 53 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,523 | 30 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | — | |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | — | |
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| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | — | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | — | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | — | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | — | |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | — | |
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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 2009
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#526 · 1 in 2,152
- Tennessee#723 · 1 in 3,815
- Minnesota#735 · 1 in 4,132
- Pennsylvania#843 · 1 in 5,463
- Ohio#1,114 · 1 in 7,778
Best ever in a state: #309 in Nebraska, 2001.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Oklahoma | #526 | 8 | 1 in 2,152 |
| Tennessee | #723 | 8 | 1 in 3,815 |
| Minnesota | #735 | 6 | 1 in 4,132 |
| Pennsylvania | #843 | 10 | 1 in 5,463 |
| Ohio | #1,114 | 7 | 1 in 7,778 |
| Michigan | #1,272 | 5 | 1 in 8,549 |
| Florida | #2,019 | 5 | 1 in 16,467 |
| Texas | #2,133 | 9 | 1 in 18,519 |
| California | #3,619 | 5 | 1 in 43,657 |
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See more about Lexis
- 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)
- Debuted 1982
- Peaked 1998 at #948 (217 births)
- Births halved by 2008, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1996–1998
- 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%)
- 43.8% of all girls named Lexis (1,451) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 57 | #6,160 (1989) | #8,069 |
| 1990s | 1,336 | #948 (1998) | #1,606 |
| 2000s | 1,451 | #1,098 (2000) | #1,516 |
| 2010s | 419 | #2,118 (2010) | #5,194 |
| 2020s | 51 | #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 2009
Top girls' names in 2009
Top boys' names in 2009
More about 2009
girls
1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 16,115 of them was named Lexis, which outranked 90.8% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,848Mazie115
- #1,848Shae115
- #1,848Yasmeen115
- #1,860Lexis114
- #1,860Angely114
- #1,860Karyme114
- #1,860Kaydee114
- #1,866Aiden113
- #1,866Chyna113
- #1,866Dawn113
Tied with 5 names at #1,860; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 330,596 of them was named Lexis, which outranked 24.4% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #9,864Zyreon7
- #9,864Zyshawn7
- #9,864Zytavious7
- #10,994Lexis6
- #10,994Aaban6
- #10,994Aareon6
- #10,994Aasir6
- #12,491Aadesh5
- #12,491Aadhav5
- #12,491Aadrian5
Tied with 1,496 names at #10,994; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.