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Lexington: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 16 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,702 in 2020.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1,702 in 2020; #5,747 in 2025. About 53% of babies named Lexington in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#5,747 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2020, at #1,702.
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Lexington: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 16 boys in 2025. Peak: #1,702 in 2020 · most boys in one year: 92 (2020).
In 2025, 16 US boys were named Lexington, making it the 5,747th most common boys’ name of the year, down 2,175 places from #3,572 in 2024. That is 16 fewer than the 32 boys named Lexington in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,702, reached in 2020. That year also had the most boys given the name: 92. For comparison, it was #3,196 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 14 US girls were named Lexington, making it the 7,712th most common girls’ name of the year, down 2,984 places from #4,728 in 2024. That is 15 fewer than the 29 girls named Lexington in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #2,263, reached in 2014. That year also had the most girls given the name: 83. For comparison, it was #2,306 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Lexington in 39 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1987 with 5 babies. In all, 2,340 US babies have been given the name, 56% of them girls and 44% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 1,118 babies named Lexington.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 549 US boys were named Lexington; the busiest of those years was 2020, with 92. In 2025 that was about 1 in 106,755 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,712 | 16 | #5,747 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,728 | 32 | #3,572 |
| 2023 | 35 | #4,158 | 40 | #3,095 |
| 2022 | 46 | #3,451 | 52 | #2,606 |
| 2021 | 51 | #3,192 | 74 | #2,019 |
| 2020 | 58 | #2,842 | 92 | #1,702 |
| 2019 | 70 | #2,526 | 78 | #1,909 |
| 2018 | 75 | #2,411 | 78 | #1,909 |
| 2017 | 74 | #2,449 | 41 | #2,926 |
| 2016 | 77 | #2,423 | 46 | #2,675 |
| 2015 | 81 | #2,306 | 36 | #3,196 |
| 2014 | 83 | #2,263 | 44 | #2,736 |
| 2013 | 76 | #2,395 | 30 | #3,548 |
| 2012 | 49 | #3,344 | 28 | #3,765 |
| 2011 | 52 | #3,207 | 23 | #4,302 |
| 2010 | 49 | #3,347 | 28 | #3,767 |
| 2009 | 39 | #3,987 | 38 | #3,083 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,476 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,980 | 18 | #5,135 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,748 | 17 | #5,217 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,429 | 20 | #4,405 |
| 2004 | 30 | #4,560 | 15 | #5,396 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,178 | 16 | #4,951 |
| 2002 | 38 | #3,557 | 12 | #5,930 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,930 | 13 | #5,554 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,908 | 11 | #6,163 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,800 | 9 | #6,878 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,268 | 12 | #5,344 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,939 | 11 | #5,511 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,196 | 6 | #8,567 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,838 | 9 | #6,216 |
| 1994 | 7 | #11,246 | 9 | #6,152 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,419 | 8 | #6,598 |
| 1992 | 8 | #10,036 | 10 | #5,492 |
| 1991 | 5 | #14,426 | — | — |
| 1990 | — | — | 6 | #7,722 |
| 1989 | 7 | #10,354 | 8 | #5,986 |
| 1988 | — | — | 9 | #5,050 |
| 1987 | — | — | 5 | #7,668 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).