Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Lex

#2,042 most common boys' name of all time · #4,894 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1892–2025

Rank among boys
#2,042
Rank overall
#4,894 of 105,966
First appeared
1892
Years on the list
120 of 146
All-time
4,010
Since 2016
828
Peak year
2023 #1,789
Best rank
#914 1956
Girls Boys peak 95/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Lex first appears in 1892. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 60 60 #2,309
2024 — 65 65 #2,215
2023 5 90 95 #1,789
2022 — 83 83 #1,894
2021 — 93 93 #1,742
2020 5 83 88 #1,802
2019 — 90 90 #1,739
2018 — 82 82 #1,844
2017 — 91 91 #1,718
2016 5 76 81 #1,924
2015 — 68 68 #2,070
2014 — 59 59 #2,258
2013 — 57 57 #2,253
2012 — 94 94 #1,643
2011 — 85 85 #1,731
2010 — 78 78 #1,856
2009 — 84 84 #1,790
2008 — 87 87 #1,738
2007 — 93 93 #1,651
2006 — 90 90 #1,607
2005 — 81 81 #1,660
2004 — 79 79 #1,633
2003 — 85 85 #1,515
2002 — 59 59 #1,893
2001 — 25 25 #3,416
2000 — 30 30 #2,929
1999 — 20 20 #3,713
1998 — 27 27 #2,934
1997 — 26 26 #2,910
1996 — 21 21 #3,305
1995 — 18 18 #3,567
1994 — 24 24 #2,964
1993 — 29 29 #2,529
1992 — 25 25 #2,762
1991 — 22 22 #2,925
1990 — 25 25 #2,638
1989 — 24 24 #2,628
1988 — 25 25 #2,383
1987 — 20 20 #2,661
1986 — 15 15 #3,154
1985 — 15 15 #3,091
1984 — 14 14 #3,131
1983 — 11 11 #3,669
1982 — 14 14 #3,146
1981 — 14 14 #3,065
1980 — 12 12 #3,461
1979 — 13 13 #3,205
1978 — 14 14 #2,952
1977 — 15 15 #2,811
1976 — 14 14 #2,853
1975 — 14 14 #2,774
1974 — 17 17 #2,378
1973 — 18 18 #2,239
1972 — 11 11 #3,032
1971 — 21 21 #2,007
1970 — 25 25 #1,759
1969 — 19 19 #1,934
1968 — 18 18 #1,914
1967 — 24 24 #1,588
1966 — 33 33 #1,335
1965 — 26 26 #1,534
1964 — 37 37 #1,300
1963 — 31 31 #1,415
1962 — 44 44 #1,175
1961 — 45 45 #1,189
1960 — 39 39 #1,263
1959 — 46 46 #1,148
1958 — 47 47 #1,126
1957 — 50 50 #1,086
1956 — 67 67 #914
1955 — 63 63 #948
1954 — 59 59 #969
1953 — 58 58 #945
1952 — 42 42 #1,146
1951 — 56 56 #940
1950 — 41 41 #1,116
1949 — 45 45 #1,057
1948 — 23 23 #1,538
1947 — 18 18 #1,819
1946 — 9 9 #2,587
1945 — 12 12 #2,057
1944 — 16 16 #1,770
1943 — 11 11 #2,319
1942 — 8 8 #2,786
1941 — 8 8 #2,731
1940 — 12 12 #2,122
1939 — 17 17 #1,666
1938 — 14 14 #1,936
1937 — 14 14 #1,946
1936 — 15 15 #1,831
1935 — 22 22 #1,471
1934 — 16 16 #1,820
1933 — 20 20 #1,562
1932 — 16 16 #1,883
1931 — 15 15 #1,948
1930 — 10 10 #2,660
1929 — 11 11 #2,498
1928 — 9 9 #2,910
1927 — 22 22 #1,664
1926 — 21 21 #1,694
1925 — 12 12 #2,485
1924 — 24 24 #1,603
1923 — 14 14 #2,266
1922 — 21 21 #1,722
1921 — 12 12 #2,541
1920 — 17 17 #2,008
1919 — 21 21 #1,657
1918 — 15 15 #2,110
1917 — 12 12 #2,327
1916 — 9 9 #2,780
1915 — 10 10 #2,511
1914 — 11 11 #2,029
1913 — 10 10 #1,880
1912 — 8 8 #1,950
1911 — 11 11 #1,099
1909 — 7 7 #1,250
1908 — 5 5 #1,501
1898 — 6 6 #1,109
1894 — 6 6 #1,066
1892 — 5 5 #1,245