girls:
15 births since 2016
#5701 (0th percentile)
boys:
3.9k births since 1892
#1991 (57th percentile)
overall:
3.9k births since 1892
#4413 (43rd percentile)
The name Lex is the #4,413 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,884 recorded births since 1892. This represents the 43.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 43.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,991 (56.6% percentile) for all time with 3,869 births since 1892. For girls, it ranks #5,701 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 15 births since 2016.
Lex first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1892 (1892 for boys and 2016 for girls). Birth data for Lex is available in 118 out of the 132 years between 1892 and 2023 (118 years for boys and 3 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Lex has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.6% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 94.7% of babies named Lex were boys.
For boys, Lex reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 10.0% percentile (ranked #795) with 42 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 50 births per million (ranked 9.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Lex is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #827 (9.2% percentile) with 49 births per million.
For girls, Lex reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #947) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Lex is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #947 (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lex".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Lex is pronounced as lehks, which has 1 syllables.
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