Lexington
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- LEK-sing-tun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Unisex
Lexington is a name of English origin, meaning “Leaxa's settlement”. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Lexington mean?
English: American place name, from Laxton in Nottinghamshire
“Leaxa's settlement”
Lexington, Massachusetts, saw the first battle of the American Revolutionary War in 1775.
Is Lexington a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Lexington has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls and 16 boys in the US.
How popular is Lexington in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 65% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Lexington, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,694th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 92 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987. 14 girls were also named Lexington in 2025 (7,489th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Lexington than any year since 2004.
Half of all the boys named Lexington in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1997, 66% of the babies named Lexington in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 47%, with more boys than girls since 2018.
Lexington in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 32 | #3,522 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,053 |
| 2022 | 52 | #2,588 |
| 2021 | 74 | #1,999 |
| 2020 | 92 | #1,694 |
| 2019 | 78 | #1,899 |
| 2018 | 78 | #1,900 |
| 2017 | 41 | #2,890 |
| 2016 | 46 | #2,660 |
| 2015 | 36 | #3,148 |
| 2014 | 44 | #2,703 |
| 2013 | 30 | #3,495 |
| 2012 | 28 | #3,711 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,707 |
| 2009 | 38 | #3,044 |
| 2008 | 27 | #3,820 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,321 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
Nicknames for Lexington
Names like Lexington
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hudson Easton Kingston Stetson Jameson Colson Lawson Harrison Remington Jackson Grayson Boston
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Lexington: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lexington, updated 20 October 2026.