Lexington

Recorded 1987–2025 · United States

Lexington was most popular in 2018, when 153 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,621 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,878, with 30 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,340 people named Lexington.

Most popular in2018

Rank that year#2,621

Births that year153

Total since 18802,340

Given to56% girls

Lexington over time

Births per year. The dot marks Lexington’s peak in 2018. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Lexington a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Lexington is a unisex name — 56.1% of the 2,340 Americans given it were girls and 43.9% were boys. It changed hands: since 2018 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 49% girls and 51% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Lexington

Where Lexington is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org