Girls' name · peaked in 2010
Lexie name popularity since 1925
16,131 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Lexie (98.2% girls, 1.8% boys). Half of them were born in 2007 or earlier, so the typical Lexie is about 19 years old in 2026. Lexie peaked in 2010 as the #467 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 16,131
- Named Lexie, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,357 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 98.2% girls
- 15,834 girls · 297 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 4.10× its national share
Peak year is the year Lexie made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Lexie births per year, 1925–2025
2010 was the biggest year for Lexie both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1993 and 1998, Lexie became 3.2× more common, from 1 in 11,700 baby girls to 1 in 3,670.
- Steepest fall: Between 2020 and 2025, its share of baby girls fell by 42%, from 1 in 5,670 to 1 in 9,860.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Lexie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Lexie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Lexie in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 199 | 30 | – |
| 1930s | 259 | 78 | #1,634 |
| 1940s | 236 | 55 | #1,635 |
| 1950s | 263 | 67 | #2,046 |
| 1960s | 153 | 36 | #4,365 |
| 1970s | 141 | 11 | #5,349 |
| 1980s | 455 | 5 | #2,214 |
| 1990s | 2,478 | 5 | #804 |
| 2000s | 5,390 | 10 | #581 |
| 2010s | 4,802 | 0 | #712 |
| 2020–25 | 1,458 | 0 | #1,357 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
52.7% of babies named Lexie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Lexie is most popular
The index compares Lexie's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Lexie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 4.10× | 449 |
| Arizona | 1.83× | 305 |
| Louisiana | 1.80× | 416 |
| Texas | 1.61× | 1,631 |
| Washington | 1.46× | 315 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Lexie and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Lexie (this page) | 15,834 | 2010 |
| Lexi | 28,115 | 2014 |
| Lexy | 3,001 | 2005 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Lexie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Lexie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Lexie (2010).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data