girls:
1.3k births since 1989
#4453 (22nd percentile)
boys:
978 births since 1987
#3614 (21st percentile)
overall:
2.2k births since 1987
#5548 (28th percentile)
The name Lexington is the #5,548 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,247 recorded births since 1987. This represents the 28.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 28.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,453 (22.1% percentile) for all time with 1,269 births since 1989. For boys, it ranks #3,614 (21.1% percentile) for all time with 978 births since 1987.
Lexington first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1987 (1987 for boys and 1989 for girls).
The name Lexington has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (56.5% of all recorded births). In 2023, 46.7% of babies named Lexington were girls. Interestingly, until around 1995, the name was more popular for boys (59.8% boys from 1987 to 1994), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (57.2% girls from 1995 to 2023).
For girls, Lexington reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 8.1% percentile (ranked #889) with 42 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 42 births per million (ranked 8.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Lexington ranks #917 for girls (3.2% percentile) with 20 births per million, which is 47.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Lexington reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 9.6% percentile (ranked #815) with 49 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 49 births per million (ranked 9.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1991, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Lexington ranks #876 for boys (3.8% percentile) with 22 births per million, which is 44.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lexington".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Lexington. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 70.0% confident that Lexington is pronounced as LEHK-sihngt-uhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LEHK-sihn-tuhn, at 15.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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