Name profile

Lex

Short form of Alexander.

Usage languagesDutch, English
US rank (2025)#2,304

Meaning and history

Lex is a short form of Alexander.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 90 births, rank #1,605
2007: 93 births, rank #1,650
2008: 87 births, rank #1,736
2009: 84 births, rank #1,789
2010: 78 births, rank #1,850
20112011: 85 births, rank #1,730
2012: 94 births, rank #1,637
2013: 57 births, rank #2,250
2014: 59 births, rank #2,256
2015: 68 births, rank #2,068
20162016: 76 births, rank #1,921
2017: 91 births, rank #1,717
2018: 82 births, rank #1,838
2019: 90 births, rank #1,737
2020: 83 births, rank #1,798
20212021: 93 births, rank #1,740
2022: 83 births, rank #1,892
2023: 90 births, rank #1,787
2024: 65 births, rank #2,210
20252025: 60 births, rank #2,304

Lex rose from #947 to #913 for boys between 1955 and 1956. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 67.