Lex
Lex is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 65 births. Its best rank was 913th, in 1956.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 650.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 201294 births
- Best rank
- #913in 1956
- Since 1892
- 3,934people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,934 boys have been named Lex in the United States since 1892, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2012, with 94 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2012, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1997, and the 2010s alone account for 20%. It has spent 5 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Lex | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 17 | |
| 1900s | 12 | |
| 1910s | 107 | |
| 1920s | 163 | |
| 1930s | 159 | |
| 1940s | 162 | |
| 1950s | 529 | |
| 1960s | 316 | |
| 1970s | 162 | |
| 1980s | 164 | |
| 1990s | 237 | |
| 2000s | 713 | |
| 2010s | 780 | |
| 2020s | 413 |
In 2012, its biggest year
Lex was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2012 were Jacob, Mason, Ethan, Noah and William. See all of 2012.
Names that rose and fell with Lex
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Reedpeak 2014
- Landerpeak 2022
- Sanderpeak 2020
- Eliotpeak 2012
- Nolenpeak 2009
- Henripeak 2021
- Mendelpeak 2024
- Marianopeak 2022
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.