How rare is the name Lex?

3,551 people in the United States have the first name Lex, about 1 in 85,055. It ranks #4,995 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LEX

#4,995

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,551
About
1 in 85,055
This common or more
84.8%
Who bears it

Of the 3,551 people named Lex, 60.6% reported their origin as White, 15.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 9.1% as Black. 85.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Lex peaked in 2023, when 95 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18922025
Peak year
2023
Births that year
95
In 2025*
60 ▼37%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 4,010 babies have been given the name since 1892. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Lex by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #2,334. The largest share of babies named Lex, 26%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1890s#3,01517
1900s#4,05512
1910s#3,977107
1920s#3,970163
1930s#3,574159
1940s#3,811162
1950s#2,334529
1960s#3,392316
1970s#6,126162
1980s#7,252164
1990s#7,171237
2000s#4,243713
2010s#4,159785
2020s#4,092484
Before 19010.4%
Greatest Generation 1901–276.5%
Silent Generation 1928–456.1%
Baby boom 1946–6420.4%
Generation X 1965–807.3%
Millennials 1981–967.9%
Generation Z 1997–1226%
2013 and later25.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Lex

#4,992 Evon · 3,553#4,992 Marleigh · 3,553#4,996 Awilda · 3,550#4,996 Jere · 3,550

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lex, most common first.

#1,312 Lexi · 27,809#3,371 Les · 6,284#5,400 Lexy · 3,189#9,560 Lexa · 1,445#36,840 Lek · 214

Also a last name

As a last name, Lex ranks #23,576 of 156,621, with 1,111 people. See Lex as a last name

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