Lex
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
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- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,304 for boys
Lex is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender of men”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 2,304th for boys in the US (60 babies).
What does Lex mean?
Greek: short form of Alexander
“defender of men”
A short form of Alexander; lex is also the Latin word for law, and Lex Luthor is Superman's arch-enemy.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Lex a girl's or a boy's name?
Lex is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 60 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lex in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Lex, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,512th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 30 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Lex than any year since 2000.
Half of all the boys named Lex in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Lex in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 14 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2022 | 18 | #1,501 |
| 2021 | 21 | #1,341 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,512 |
| 2019 | 21 | #1,302 |
| 2018 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2017 | 25 | #1,197 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,655 |
| 2015 | 18 | #1,476 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,573 |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 21 | #1,313 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,338 |
| 2010 | 25 | #1,149 |
| 2009 | 23 | #1,180 |
| 2008 | 30 | #972 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2006 | 19 | #1,207 |
| 2005 | 27 | #917 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,417 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,418 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,384 |
| 2001 | 8 | #1,690 |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
How popular is Lex in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,304among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 60about 1 in 28,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 60 boys in the US were named Lex, making it the 2,304th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,798th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 94 boys. It first appears in the records in 1892.
2025 had fewer boys named Lex than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Lex in the US since 1880 were born between 1956 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lex in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60 | #2,304 |
| 2024 | 65 | #2,210 |
| 2023 | 90 | #1,787 |
| 2022 | 83 | #1,891 |
| 2021 | 93 | #1,740 |
| 2020 | 83 | #1,798 |
| 2019 | 90 | #1,737 |
| 2018 | 82 | #1,837 |
| 2017 | 91 | #1,717 |
| 2016 | 76 | #1,921 |
| 2015 | 68 | #2,068 |
| 2014 | 59 | #2,254 |
| 2013 | 57 | #2,249 |
| 2012 | 94 | #1,636 |
| 2011 | 85 | #1,729 |
| 2010 | 78 | #1,849 |
| 2009 | 84 | #1,788 |
| 2008 | 87 | #1,736 |
| 2007 | 93 | #1,650 |
| 2006 | 90 | #1,605 |
| 2005 | 81 | #1,657 |
| 2004 | 79 | #1,626 |
| 2003 | 85 | #1,510 |
| 2002 | 59 | #1,884 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,405 |
| 2000 | 30 | #2,916 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 27 | #2,923 |
| 1997 | 26 | #2,899 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,287 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 24 | #2,946 |
| 1993 | 29 | #2,503 |
| 1992 | 25 | #2,741 |
| 1991 | 22 | #2,909 |
| 1990 | 25 | #2,623 |
| 1989 | 24 | #2,609 |
| 1988 | 25 | #2,362 |
| 1987 | 20 | #2,637 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,067 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,105 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1977 | 15 | #2,790 |
| 1976 | 14 | #2,825 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,749 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,356 |
| 1973 | 18 | #2,214 |
| 1972 | 11 | #2,989 |
| 1971 | 21 | #1,986 |
| 1970 | 25 | #1,742 |
| 1969 | 19 | #1,913 |
| 1968 | 18 | #1,893 |
| 1967 | 24 | #1,572 |
| 1966 | 33 | #1,326 |
| 1965 | 26 | #1,512 |
| 1964 | 37 | #1,287 |
| 1963 | 31 | #1,402 |
| 1962 | 44 | #1,171 |
| 1961 | 45 | #1,178 |
| 1960 | 39 | #1,251 |
| 1959 | 46 | #1,140 |
| 1958 | 47 | #1,113 |
| 1957 | 50 | #1,074 |
| 1956 | 67 | #909 |
| 1955 | 63 | #941 |
| 1954 | 59 | #962 |
| 1953 | 58 | #938 |
| 1952 | 42 | #1,135 |
| 1951 | 56 | #933 |
| 1950 | 41 | #1,104 |
| 1949 | 45 | #1,046 |
| 1948 | 23 | #1,518 |
| 1947 | 18 | #1,785 |
| 1946 | 9 | #2,533 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,008 |
| 1944 | 16 | #1,737 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,276 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,081 |
| 1939 | 17 | #1,636 |
| 1938 | 14 | #1,901 |
| 1937 | 14 | #1,913 |
| 1936 | 15 | #1,801 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,453 |
| 1934 | 16 | #1,783 |
| 1933 | 20 | #1,540 |
| 1932 | 16 | #1,848 |
| 1931 | 15 | #1,927 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,607 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,451 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 22 | #1,647 |
| 1926 | 21 | #1,661 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,434 |
| 1924 | 24 | #1,577 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,223 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,695 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,501 |
| 1920 | 17 | #1,965 |
| 1919 | 21 | #1,623 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,072 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,279 |
| 1916 | 9 | #2,729 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,457 |
| 1914 | 11 | #1,974 |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,802 |
| 1912 | 8 | #1,884 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,037 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,155 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,001 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 6 | #953 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,065 |
Names like Lex
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Lex
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lex: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lex, updated 20 October 2026.