Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Lex” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lex” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Lex” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Lex” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Lex” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Lex” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Lex” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lex” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1892 5 0.000014953 5 -100%
1894 6 0.000017715 6 -100%
1898 6 0.000015729 6 -100%
1908 5 0.000010232 5 -100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 -100%
1911 11 0.000017073 11 -100%
1912 8 0.000008097 8 -100%
1913 10 0.000008794 10 -100%
1914 11 0.000007766 11 -100%
1915 10 0.000005457 10 -100%
1916 9 0.000004653 9 -100%
1917 12 0.00000598 12 -100%
1918 15 0.000006909 15 -100%
1919 21 0.000009951 21 -100%
1920 17 0.000007513 17 -100%
1921 12 0.00000514 12 -100%
1922 21 0.000009174 21 -100%
1923 14 0.00000608 14 -100%
1924 24 0.000010077 24 -100%
1925 12 0.000005143 12 -100%
1926 21 0.000009147 21 -100%
1927 22 0.000009485 22 -100%
1928 9 0.000003981 9 -100%
1929 11 0.000005018 11 -100%
1930 10 0.000004498 10 -100%
1931 15 0.000007128 15 -100%
1932 16 0.000007578 16 -100%
1933 20 0.000010003 20 -100%
1934 16 0.000007704 16 -100%
1935 22 0.000010527 22 -100%
1936 15 0.00000722 15 -100%
1937 14 0.000006571 14 -100%
1938 14 0.000006327 14 -100%
1939 17 0.000007715 17 -100%
1940 12 0.000005211 12 -100%
1941 8 0.000003283 8 -100%
1942 8 0.000002928 8 -100%
1943 11 0.000003897 11 -100%
1944 16 0.000005948 16 -100%
1945 12 0.000004523 12 -100%
1946 9 0.000002817 9 -100%
1947 18 0.000004997 18 -100%
1948 23 0.000006662 23 -100%
1949 45 0.000012913 45 -100%
1950 41 0.000011703 41 -100%
1951 56 0.000015202 56 -100%
1952 42 0.000011058 42 -100%
1953 58 0.000015051 58 -100%
1954 59 0.000014821 59 -100%
1955 63 0.000015691 63 -100%
1956 67 0.00001625 67 -100%
1957 50 0.000011899 50 -100%
1958 47 0.000011369 47 -100%
1959 46 0.000011063 46 -100%
1960 39 0.000009389 39 -100%
1961 45 0.000010864 45 -100%
1962 44 0.000010904 44 -100%
1963 31 0.000007832 31 -100%
1964 37 0.000009517 37 -100%
1965 26 0.000007172 26 -100%
1966 33 0.000009495 33 -100%
1967 24 0.000007069 24 -100%
1968 18 0.000005328 18 -100%
1969 19 0.000005467 19 -100%
1970 25 0.000006932 25 -100%
1971 21 0.000006118 21 -100%
1972 11 0.0000035 11 -100%
1973 18 0.000005966 18 -100%
1974 17 0.000005592 17 -100%
1975 14 0.000004637 14 -100%
1976 14 0.000004614 14 -100%
1977 15 0.000004722 15 -100%
1978 14 0.000004411 14 -100%
1979 13 0.000003907 13 -100%
1980 12 0.000003484 12 -100%
1981 14 0.000004047 14 -100%
1982 14 0.000003991 14 -100%
1983 11 0.000003176 11 -100%
1984 14 0.000004013 14 -100%
1985 15 0.000004203 15 -100%
1986 15 0.000004217 15 -100%
1987 20 0.000005547 20 -100%
1988 25 0.000006766 25 -100%
1989 24 0.000006243 24 -100%
1990 25 0.000006325 25 -100%
1991 22 0.000005648 22 -100%
1992 25 0.000006508 25 -100%
1993 29 0.000007692 29 -100%
1994 24 0.000006456 24 -100%
1995 18 0.000004915 18 -100%
1996 21 0.000005758 21 -100%
1997 26 0.000007171 26 -100%
1998 27 0.000007341 27 -100%
1999 20 0.000005414 20 -100%
2000 30 0.000007937 30 -100%
2001 25 0.000006678 25 -100%
2002 59 0.000015783 59 -100%
2003 85 0.000022355 85 -100%
2004 79 0.000020676 79 -100%
2005 81 0.000021067 81 -100%
2006 90 0.000022749 90 -100%
2007 93 0.000023263 93 -100%
2008 87 0.000022134 87 -100%
2009 84 0.000021989 84 -100%
2010 78 0.000021105 78 -100%
2011 85 0.000023238 85 -100%
2012 94 0.000025702 94 -100%
2013 57 0.000015635 57 -100%
2014 59 0.000015919 59 -100%
2015 68 0.000018374 68 -100%
2016 81 0.000022079 5 76 -88%
2017 91 0.000025446 91 -100%
2018 82 0.000023323 82 -100%
2019 90 0.00002593 90 -100%
2020 88 0.000026343 5 83 -89%
2021 93 0.00002745 93 -100%
2022 83 0.000024533 83 -100%
2023 94 0.000028389 5 89 -89%
2024 65 0.000019528 65 -100%

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