How Many People Are Named Lex?
people named Lex are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 106,508 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,010 babies named Lex in Social Security records from 1892 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
ππ Very Rare
Peak Year
95 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of ALEXANDER.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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β§ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Lex (99.5%) were boys.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Lex alive today is about 29 years old, and 64% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 50 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Lex first appears in the records in 1892 and was given most often in 2023, to 95 babies. In 2025, 60 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1892 to 2025
π Rank History
Lex has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #912, in 1956. In 2025 it ranked #2,322.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,322 |
| Best rank | #912 (1956) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,893 in the 2010s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Lex alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lex were born in California than in any other state: about 349 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lex was given 3.1 times as often in California, 2.8 times in Texas and 2 times in Florida.
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