# Lex (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lex/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /lɛks/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,010 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,995 / 15 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 404, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | 17,758 |
| 2020 | 5 | 16,515 |
| 2023 | 5 | 16,583 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 85 | 1,736 |
| 2012 | 94 | 1,649 |
| 2013 | 57 | 2,268 |
| 2014 | 59 | 2,265 |
| 2015 | 68 | 2,081 |
| 2016 | 76 | 1,933 |
| 2017 | 91 | 1,722 |
| 2018 | 82 | 1,849 |
| 2019 | 90 | 1,750 |
| 2020 | 83 | 1,807 |
| 2021 | 93 | 1,743 |
| 2022 | 83 | 1,900 |
| 2023 | 90 | 1,794 |
| 2024 | 65 | 2,222 |
| 2025 | 60 | 2,322 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 1,303 |
| 2012 | 20 | 1,270 |
| 2013 | 12 | 1,796 |
| 2014 | 13 | 1,721 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,673 |
| 2016 | 16 | 1,570 |
| 2017 | 24 | 1,146 |
| 2018 | 12 | 1,875 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1,253 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,635 |
| 2021 | 19 | 1,329 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,609 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,160 |
| 2024 | 14 | 1,758 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## People named Lex

- Lex Barker, American actor (1919–1973)
- Lex Immers, Dutch footballer
- Lex Schoenmaker, Dutch footballer and manager
- Lex Lang, American voice actor
- Lex Shrapnel, British actor
- Lex Marinos, Australian actor
- Lex Albrecht, cyclist
- Lex van Delden, Dutch composer (1919-1988)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.