Girls' name · since 1886

Lexie

16,789 babies named Lexie in U.S. Social Security records since 1886, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#1,189 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#1,353 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
16,789
born since 1886
2000s
peak decade

Lexie currently ranks #1353 among girls' names in America, with 16,789 babies recorded since 1886.

Lexie has 16,789 recorded births among girls since 1886, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1353 as of the latest data, more common than 92% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1886 to 2025.

  • #1,189 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #1,353 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 16,789 born since 1886
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lexie ranks #1,189 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,353 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 16,789 born since 1886, peaking in the 2000s.

#1,189 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#1,353 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
16,789
born since 1886
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%92.1%
Lexie vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Upper archive tier
All-time archive position

Lexie's 16,789 recorded births place it above 98.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

47 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

47 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.

How Lexie compares

16,789 Top 7% higher than 93% of 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Lexie's all-time total is 45x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Lexie Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 16,789 376 567,345
Peak-year births 647 21 19,840

Lexie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Lexie's SSA record in two at 1957 and the more recent half accounts for 89% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 11%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1888, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2010 peak of 647, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Lexie popularity over time - girls

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1886–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2010)
647
Annual births at peak, across 140 years of records
0200400600800 188619061924194219601978199620142025 163

Lexie popularity over time - boys

436 total births recorded since 1893 (Lexie as boys' name)

Unisex variant - 436 births
05101520 18931917192519351946195419642008 5

Lexie by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (5,390 births, 32% of the file).

2000s was Lexie's strongest decade.

5,390 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.

Lexie births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 5,390 births (32% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Lexie compares to similarly-sized names

Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Lexie's total volume

Lexie vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%2%4%6%8%10%12% 050100150200 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -112, 6.6%-53, 6%-65, 3.8%-53, 10.1%-142, 6%-146, 2.9%-55, 9%-146, 3.1%-105, 4.7%-146, 2.2%-53, 5.3%-134, 4.6%-36, 9.6%-105, 4.2%-78, 5.8%Lexie-140, 3.9%Lexie
Lexie vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Lexie by state

Where Lexie concentrates geographically, total births since 1886

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Lexie
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
1,793 10.7%
#2 Texas
1,662 9.9%
#3 Florida
600 3.6%
#4 Utah
449 2.7%
#5 Ohio
434 2.6%
#6 Tennessee
429 2.6%
#7 Georgia
428 2.5%
#8 Louisiana
416 2.5%
California share of Lexie's total US births 10.7%
Even split

1,793 of 16,789 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 47 reporting states.

Lexie appears in 47 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Lexie?
16,789 babies have been named Lexie since 1886. All-time, it sits at #1,189 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #1,353 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2010 with 647 births.
Where does Lexie sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lexie ranks #1,189 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,353 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Lexie most popular?
Lexie was most popular in the 2000s decade with 5,390 total births. The single peak year was 2010.
Where is Lexie most popular?
The top states for the name Lexie are California (1,793 births), Texas (1,662 births), Florida (600 births).
How long has the name Lexie been used?
The SSA has tracked Lexie since 1886 -- 140 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Lexie?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Lexi, Lexus, Lexis, Lexy, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Lexie's data

  • Lexie's decade-level peak was the 2000s (5,390 total births); usage has since declined to 1,458 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
  • California records the most Lexies (1,793 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Lexie

Nearby Names Like Lexie

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Lexie

Names with a similar popularity rank to Lexie

Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Lexie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1886–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lexie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.