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.

Lexa

#5,214 most common girls' name of all time · #8,832 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1949–2025

Rank among girls
#5,214
Rank overall
#8,832 of 105,966
First appeared
1949
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
1,578
Since 2016
605
Peak year
2017 #1,810
Best rank
#1,810 2017
Girls Boys peak 115/yr
1960198020002020

Lexa first appears in 1949. 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 28 — 28 #4,792
2024 19 — 19 #6,222
2023 34 — 34 #4,217
2022 44 — 44 #3,553
2021 61 — 61 #2,791
2020 56 — 56 #2,897
2019 78 — 78 #2,311
2018 112 — 112 #1,817
2017 115 — 115 #1,810
2016 58 — 58 #2,909
2015 42 — 42 #3,665
2014 37 — 37 #4,023
2013 34 — 34 #4,261
2012 38 — 38 #4,003
2011 42 — 42 #3,675
2010 42 — 42 #3,702
2009 54 — 54 #3,137
2008 42 — 42 #3,805
2007 42 — 42 #3,805
2006 33 — 33 #4,387
2005 46 — 46 #3,329
2004 40 — 40 #3,649
2003 47 — 47 #3,148
2002 33 — 33 #3,913
2001 29 — 29 #4,241
2000 24 — 24 #4,856
1999 24 — 24 #4,615
1998 23 — 23 #4,686
1997 33 — 33 #3,485
1996 30 — 30 #3,657
1995 18 — 18 #5,282
1994 22 — 22 #4,566
1993 16 — 16 #5,764
1992 11 — 11 #7,648
1991 29 — 29 #3,662
1990 16 — 16 #5,635
1989 8 — 8 #8,994
1988 5 — 5 #12,262
1987 9 — 9 #7,535
1984 5 — 5 #10,845
1980 6 — 6 #9,445
1979 7 — 7 #8,340
1978 7 — 7 #7,921
1971 5 — 5 #8,795
1970 5 — 5 #8,502
1969 6 — 6 #7,005
1964 5 — 5 #7,310
1961 6 — 6 #6,280
1958 7 — 7 #5,273
1957 7 — 7 #5,249
1955 7 — 7 #5,118
1954 8 — 8 #4,606
1953 5 — 5 #6,292
1952 7 — 7 #4,849
1949 11 — 11 #3,392