Recorded 1949–2016 Girls' name Peak 1953 306 births

Lexine — girls' name

306 babies named Lexine in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1953. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1940s61950s651960s151970s101980s171990s492000s912010s53
2000s
Peak decade

30% of everyone ever named Lexine was born in this single decade.

1953
Single peak year

14 babies were named Lexine in 1953 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Lexine

The Social Security Administration has registered 306 babies named Lexine between 1949 and 2016, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lexine currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1953, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lexine performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 91 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Lexine shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 33 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lexine in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lexine in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 306 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Lexine at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

306

Since 1949

68 years of records

Peak year

1953

14 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

1949

Recorded for 68 years

Last year on file: 2016

Lexine popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1949

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (1953)
14
Annual births at peak — across 68 years of records
46810121416 201620112006200119961987196119531949 6

Lexine by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
91 births that decade — 30% of Lexine's all-time total
1940s61950s651960s151970s101980s171990s492000s912010s53

Lexine by state

Where Lexine concentrates geographically — total births since 1949

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Lexine
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
33 10.8%
California share of Lexine's total US births 10.8%

33 of 306 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Lexine?
306 babies have been named Lexine since 1949. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 1953 with 14 births.
When was Lexine most popular?
Lexine was most popular in the 2000s decade with 91 total births. The single peak year was 1953.
Where is Lexine most popular?
The top states for the name Lexine are California (33 births).
How long has the name Lexine been used?
Lexine has been recorded in Social Security data since 1949, spanning 68 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Lexine?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Lexi, Lexie, Lexus, Lexis, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1949–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.