Lex

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Lex: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Lex: Recorded since 1999, it reached #749 in 2018, and it stood at #1,758 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#749highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1999–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#1850
2001	#1746
2002	#1322
2003	#1410
2004	#1410
2005	#982
2006	#1168
2007	#1361
2008	#1024
2009	#1099
2010	#1082
2011	#1303
2012	#1270
2013	#1796
2014	#1721
2015	#1673
2016	#1570
2017	#1146
2018	#1875
2019	#1253
2020	#1635
2021	#1329
2022	#1609
2023	#2160
2024	#1758

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 25 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

In 2018: #749 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1875 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #1850 among boys in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1758 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Lex by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Lex in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	6	1 of 10	6
2000s	145	9 of 10	16
2010sbusiest	175	10 of 10	18
2020s	72	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 18 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Lex appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #749 in Republic of Ireland in 2018.

Lex's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1758	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2160	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1609	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1329	19	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1635	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1253	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1875	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1146	24	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1570	16	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1673	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1721	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1796	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1270	20	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1303	19	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1082	25	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1099	23	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1024	25	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1361	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1168	18	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#982	22	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1410	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1410	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1322	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1746	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1999 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #749, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2018, and 19 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Lewy · #2493, 17y
Lewys · #471, 29y
Lexi · #40, 28y
Lexi-Grace · #2432, 14y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Abdul-Raheem · #749, 25y
Ashar · #749, 24y
Kaeden · #749, 22y
Konstantinos · #749, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Abdul-Raheem · #749, 25y
Alissia · #749, 28y
Ashar · #749, 24y
Konstantinos · #749, 25y

Lex was ranked #749 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2018. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Lex and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lex without appearing here.

Lex moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2160 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #5119.
Kelly Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1746 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1322 and #3225.
Fredrik Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2160 and #1272 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #3254.
Ross Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2160 and #2160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #3254.

Moved ahead of Lex

Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1609 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #1363.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1609 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #1461.
Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1329 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1609 and #967.
Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1746 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1322 and #848.

Moved the opposite way to Lex

Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lex went from #1168 to #1758 while Aksel went from #4052 to #1132.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #749 in Republic of Ireland in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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