Lexi

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Lexi: Recorded since 1997, it reached #40 in 2013, and it stood at #325 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
68times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#40highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Lexi's record

England and Wales registered 1,408 births with the name in 2010, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3174
1999	#2444
2000	#1995
2001	#1520
2002	#1658
2003	#771
2004	#788
2005	#516
2006	#222
2007	#113
2008	#73
2009	#47
2010	#46
2011	#45
2012	#46
2013	#42
2014	#64
2015	#81
2016	#85
2017	#101
2018	#114
2019	#132
2020	#126
2021	#182
2022	#206
2023	#241
2024	#263

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 27 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

In 2024: #138 among girls in Scotland, #161 among girls in Northern Ireland, #213 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #263 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1997–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #3174 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2008–2024
Highest recorded position: #40 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2013 (recorded 2008–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #325 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Lexi appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 27 years beginning in 1997, and has registered 13,297 births with the name.

Lexi across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Lexi's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3174 (1997)	#42 (2013)	#263 (2024)	27 of 28	13,297 (1997–2024)	1,408 (2010)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#635 (2006)	#56 (2013)	#325 (2025)	20 of 20	913 (2006–2025)	127 (2013)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#185 (2008)	#40 (2013)	#161 (2024)	17 of 17	448 (2008–2024)	58 (2013)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#98 (2013)	#84 (2014)	#84 (2014)	2 of 2	148 (2013–2014)	78 (2014)

Lexi by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Lexi in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	10	2 of 10	5
2000s	3,047	10 of 10	305
2010sbusiest	8,956	10 of 10	896
2020s	1,284	5 of 10	257

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 896 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2007 and 2008, when recorded births rose by 428, from 476 to 904.

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

Lexi 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 5 regions, from 1997 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #40 in Northern Ireland in 2013.

Lexi'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	female	#263	182	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#241	188	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#206	243	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#182	280	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#126	391	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#132	379	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#114	466	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#101	538	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#85	626	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#81	678	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#64	972	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#42	1,264	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#46	1,301	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#45	1,324	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#46	1,408	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#47	1,282	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#73	904	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#113	476	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#222	218	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#516	66	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#788	35	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#771	35	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1658	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1520	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
2014	New South Wales, Australia	female	#84	78	Insufficient	Not yet available
2013	New South Wales, Australia	female	#98	70	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#161	12	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#159	12	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#135	16	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#108	21	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#129	16	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#102	21	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#171	12	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#134	17	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#129	17	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#77	33	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#57	40	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#40	58	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#54	47	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#51	49	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#63	38	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#86	28	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#185	11	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	12	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#213	20	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#221	19	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#164	32	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#149	33	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#136	37	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#131	41	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#123	45	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#108	55	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#121	50	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#94	67	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#82	83	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#56	127	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#89	73	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#96	72	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#102	65	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#137	46	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#257	20	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#348	12	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#138	32	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1997 and 2025, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #40, first reached in 2013.

It held a top-100 place in 9 years, 9 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 1,408 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 27 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.

Lewys · #471, 29y
Lex · #749, 25y
Lexi-Grace · #2432, 14y
Lexi-Mae · #565, 18y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Faith · #42, 30y
Nevaeh · #38, 25y
Abbey · #37, 30y
Mabel · #37, 31y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aaliyah · #41, 30y
Ayla · #39, 35y
Mathea · #39, 34y
Eilidh · #38, 30y

Lexi was ranked #40 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2013. 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.

Lexi 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 Lexi without appearing here.

Lexi moved ahead of

Francis Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3174 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #516 and #3970.
Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1995 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1520 and #3998.
Karin Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2444 and #1557 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1995 and #3912.
Linnea Compare
In 1999 they stood at #3174 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1995 and #3912.

Moved ahead of Lexi

Thea Compare
In 2015 they stood at #77 and #123 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2016 that had become #129 and #42.
Ada Compare
In 2017 they stood at #134 and #190 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #171 and #92.
Riley Compare
In 2022 they stood at #164 and #169 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2023 that had become #221 and #143.
Éala Compare
In 2021 they stood at #149 and #177 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2022 that had become #164 and #91.

Moved the opposite way to Lexi

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lexi went from #3174 to #263 while Abigail went from #24 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lexi went from #3174 to #263 while Aimee went from #61 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lexi went from #3174 to #263 while Aisling went from #496 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lexi went from #3174 to #263 while Alex went from #179 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Lexi

Ada Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lexi went from #3174 to #263 and Ada from #1543 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lexi went from #3174 to #263 and Alma from #2411 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lexi went from #3174 to #263 and Alyssa from #506 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lexi went from #3174 to #263 and Amalie from #3824 to #1128.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 5 regions, from 1997 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #40 in Northern Ireland in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lexi

Lexi at a glance

What stands out in Lexi's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lexi across 4 official records

Lexi by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Lexi appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Lexi at a glance

What stands out in Lexi's record

Lexi across 4 official records

Lexi by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Lexi appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Lexi

Lexi and the names beside it

Lexi moved ahead of

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