Lexis
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LEK-sis
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Lexis is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender, helper”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Lexis mean?
Greek: short form of Alexis; lexis is also Greek for 'word'
“defender, helper”
More on Wiktionary.
Is Lexis a girl's or a boy's name?
Lexis is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lexis in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lexis in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lexis in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 2 | #7,600 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
How popular is Lexis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Lexis, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 217 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
2025 had fewer girls named Lexis than any year since 1987.
Half of all the girls named Lexis in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lexis in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 35 | #4,143 |
| 2014 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2013 | 45 | #3,463 |
| 2012 | 71 | #2,548 |
| 2011 | 79 | #2,346 |
| 2010 | 93 | #2,118 |
| 2009 | 114 | #1,860 |
| 2008 | 90 | #2,206 |
| 2007 | 109 | #1,894 |
| 2006 | 133 | #1,608 |
| 2005 | 118 | #1,680 |
| 2004 | 178 | #1,230 |
| 2003 | 169 | #1,241 |
| 2002 | 163 | #1,227 |
| 2001 | 190 | #1,110 |
| 2000 | 187 | #1,096 |
| 1999 | 180 | #1,101 |
| 1998 | 217 | #947 |
| 1997 | 199 | #981 |
| 1996 | 199 | #963 |
| 1995 | 167 | #1,064 |
| 1994 | 139 | #1,236 |
| 1993 | 91 | #1,650 |
| 1992 | 61 | #2,186 |
| 1991 | 53 | #2,382 |
| 1990 | 30 | #3,518 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
Nicknames for Lexis
- Lexi 149 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Lexis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lily Chloe Phoebe Lyra Zoe Mia Maisie Jasmine Lyla Iris Sophia Ava
Names related to Lexis
More Greek names
Luca Theodore George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Margot Luke Sophie Lainey Elena Atlas Christopher
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, “Lexis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lexis, updated 20 October 2026.