Is Lexis a boy or girl name?

Lexis is a girl’s name. Of the 3,358 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 98.7% were girls and 1.3% were boys.

Lexis

Recorded 1982–2025 · United States

Lexis was most popular in 1998, when 223 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,637 that year. In 2025 it ranked #22,044, with 6 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,358 people named Lexis.

Lexis over time

Births per year. The dot marks Lexis’s peak in 1998. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Lexis a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Lexis is a girl’s name — 98.7% of the 3,358 Americans given it were girls and 1.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% 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 Lexis

Where Lexis 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