Lexington
Lexington was the 5747th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 16 babies. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked 1702nd with 92 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,551 places. More babies were named Lexington in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,747 boys, down 4,045 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 16boys
- Girls and boys
- 45% girls, 55% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202092 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,340babies recorded
Lexington popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,712 | #5,747 | 14 | 16 |
| 2020 | #2,842 | #1,702 | 58 | 92 |
| 2010 | #3,347 | #3,767 | 49 | 28 |
| 2000 | #4,908 | #6,163 | 24 | 11 |
| 1990 | — | #7,722 | — | 6 |
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How popular is Lexington, counting every spelling?
Lexington has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Lexington?
16 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Lexington (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Lexington born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 529 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Lexington.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Lexington?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Lexington are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 6 and 17. That makes Lexington a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Lexington by state
How common Lexington was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New York (2.1×). In 45 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Lexington
How popular is the name Lexington?
Lexington was the 5747th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 16 babies. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked 1702nd with 92 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,551 places. More babies were named Lexington in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Lexington a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 45% girls, 55% boys given the name Lexington in the US.
Where is Lexington most popular?
In 2021–2025, Lexington was most common in New York (0.05 per 1,000 boys), followed by Georgia and Minnesota.