Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Lex

Gender

Male

Origin

Greek
A Word

Syllables

1

Themes

  • Contemporary

Pronunciation

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Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2012 (rank #1634, 94 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2304, 60 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #15178, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202560–
202465–
2023895
202283–
202193–
2020835
201990–
201882–
201791–
2016765

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2010 (rank #1082, 25 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3239, 6 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
20256
202414
202310
202215
202119
202014
201920
201812
201724
201616

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2020 (rank #4951, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
20203
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
20143

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2018 (rank #703, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
20183
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2008 (rank #474, 5 births); most recent 2023 (rank #728, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
20233
20223
2021–
20203
2019–
20183
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence