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Lexie

Gender
Girl
Say it
LEK-see
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#631 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,352 for girls

Lexie is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender of men”. In 2025 it ranked 631st for girls in the UK (66 babies) and 1,352nd for girls in the US (163 babies).

What does Lexie mean?

Greek: short form of Alexandra or Alexis

“defender of men”

A pet form of Alexandra or Alexis, from the Greek for defender.

Is Lexie a girl's or a boy's name?

Lexie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 66 girls in the UK and 163 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Lexie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#631among girls
Babies in 2025
66about 1 in 4,200 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 51% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 66 girls in the UK were named Lexie, making it the 631st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 348th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 1,015 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Lexie than any year since 2002.

Half of all the girls named Lexie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 215 girls in the UK were given Lexie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #246, up from #631 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 676th in England and Wales and 301st in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 1,015 in 20092025
Lexie in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202566#631
202470#604
202390#486
202283#521
2021116#425
2020140#348
2019146#345
2018176#306
2017251#226
2016248#233
2015273#214
2014389#162
2013553#114
2012642#101
2011890#76
20101,002#70
20091,015#72
2008837#84
2007654#93
2006455#135
2005115#383
200493#427
200372#501
200258#562
200115#1,398
200018#1,182
19998#2,089
19983#4,026
19973#3,991
19964#3,289

How popular is Lexie in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,352among girls
Babies in 2025
163about 1 in 9,900 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 37% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 163 girls in the US were named Lexie, making it the 1,352nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 914th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 647 girls. It first appears in the records in 1886.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Lexie than any year since 1993.

Half of all the girls named Lexie in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 660 girls in the US were given Lexie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #477, up from #1,352 for this spelling alone.

Girls were 82% of the babies named Lexie in the US in 1908, and over 99% in 2008.

1886Busiest: 647 in 20102025
Lexie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025163#1,352
2024214#1,128
2023216#1,125
2022281#955
2021299#904
2020285#914
2019307#874
2018349#782
2017352#779
2016384#741
2015401#711
2014545#561
2013609#492
2012583#520
2011625#473
2010647#467
2009607#499
2008620#502
2007640#503
2006575#526
2005490#581
2004530#538
2003488#572
2002488#556
2001480#547
2000472#555
1999468#541
1998481#523
1997300#717
1996355#630
1995247#803
1994197#940
1993154#1,146
1992106#1,483
199194#1,603
199076#1,858
198970#1,868
198854#2,126
198744#2,358
198635#2,723
198547#2,202
198448#2,080
198336#2,515
198241#2,369
198141#2,375
198039#2,440
197933#2,671
197815#4,459
197713#4,941
197612#4,903
197511#5,159
197411#5,010
197310#5,189
197215#3,894
197111#4,808
197010#5,060
196916#3,460
196815#3,455
196718#2,963
19669#4,492
196510#4,201
196410#4,354
196317#3,065
196222#2,604
196110#4,238
196026#2,306
195929#2,107
195818#2,754
195721#2,485
195627#2,102
195528#2,023
195428#1,986
195332#1,757
195212#3,200
195131#1,739
195037#1,523
194925#1,916
194821#2,125
194735#1,601
194620#2,093
194526#1,620
194419#1,966
194315#2,351
194235#1,367
194122#1,696
194018#1,899
193930#1,350
193827#1,437
193723#1,580
193624#1,507
193522#1,606
193415#2,086
193325#1,470
193230#1,346
193130#1,336
193033#1,320
192931#1,369
192838#1,238
192732#1,422
192644#1,148
192554#1,020
192452#1,086
192346#1,129
192253#1,030
192141#1,205
192048#1,074
191961#902
191840#1,184
191741#1,110
191650#964
191557#865
191435#1,003
191334#913
191236#833
191125#853
191024#877
190925#813
190828#729
190718#898
190611#1,154
190512#1,093
190420#805
190315#896
190216#872
190120#723
190015#970
189920#704
189819#768
18978#1,167
189620#707
189511#986
18948#1,136
18936#1,277
189212#861
18919#943
18906#1,209
18890–
18886#1,136
18870–
18867#897

Names like Lexie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Other spellings of Lexie

Lexi Lexy Lexxi

Names related to Lexie

Lexia Lexii Lexis Lexey Lexee

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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, “Lexie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lexie, updated 20 October 2026.