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Lex

Pronounced /lɛks/

Rank in 2024
#2,218
Born in 2024
65
Peak year
2012 · #1644
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 65 boys were named Lex, about 1 in every 26,389.
  • It peaked in 2012 with 94 babies, ranked #1644.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1892.
  • 3,934 boys have been named Lex since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Lex per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 262 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 246 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 820 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 294 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 316 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,043 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 936 babies, 0.04 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

  • A unisex given name
  • A diminutive of the male given name Alexander
  • A diminutive of the female given names Alexandra, Alexia, and Alexis
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/lɛks/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Lex, CC BY-SA 4.0.