Lexington
Feminine
Lexington is given to both — 1,313 girls and 1,027 boys since 1880. See Lexington as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Lexington is the only -ington name Americans give to girls, and the reason is the front of the word, not the end. Washington, Wellington, Harrington and Remington all read as male; Lexington begins with the syllable of Lexi and Alexis, and that is enough to flip it.
How old is the name Lexington?
Lexington first appears in US birth records in 1989 — 36 years ago. The typical Lexington is a kid of about 11 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,300 people named Lexington are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lexington most popular?
Lexington peaked in 2014, reaching #2256 nationally. Today it ranks #7491, 5,235 places below that high. See the whole 2014 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Lexington to Lexington
The story of Lexington
The battle of 19 April 1775 made Lexington a national word, and American place names of that kind have supplied given names steadily — Austin, Dakota, Carolina, Savannah, Brooklyn, Camden. What is unusual here is the sex. Almost every -ington name in American use is male, and Lexington is not, which is a clean demonstration that the first syllable of a name does more work than the last. Lexi entered wide use as a short form of Alexis and Alexandra in the 1990s; by the 2000s the syllable itself read as feminine, and a longer name beginning with it inherited that reading regardless of what followed. The figures peak in 2014.
Meaningscholars disagree
Old English "the farmstead of Leaxa's people"
The Massachusetts town was named in 1713, most likely after Laxton in Nottinghamshire, formerly Lexington, whose name is a personal name plus -inga-, of the people of, plus tūn, a farm. The first element is uncertain. As a modern American given name the historical meaning plays no part; the name is heard as an extension of Lex and Lexi, which come from Alexander and Alexis, from Greek alexein, to defend.
How the name formed
- Lexington
- Lexi
Related forms: Lexingtyn
Pronouncing Lexington
LEX-ing-tun
Three syllables, stress firmly on the first, with the last two unstressed and quick — the same pattern as Washington and Wellington.
Nicknames for Lexington
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1989
- Most girls named
- 201483 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2256reached in 2014
- Change vs 2024
- −51.7%14 in 2025, from 29
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Lexington in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Lexingtyn in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Michigan.
Lexingtons among us
people named Lexington are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 114,805 born in 2025 was named Lexington
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Annastasia test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Lexington's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Annastasia climbed just as high around 1994, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Annastasia's path sketches the road Lexington is walking now.
Lexington sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Lexington beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Lexington in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Lexi and Lex are immediate, current short forms.
- It is read correctly on sight and never mispronounced.
- It carries a specific and well-known American place and event.
- Three syllables means it will almost always be shortened to Lexi.
- It reads as a place name first to many Americans.
- The 2010s peak dates a bearer fairly precisely.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lexingtons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,300 people named Lexington are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Lexington in 2025?
- Lexington ranks #7491 among US girl names in 2025, with 14 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Lexington?
- About 1 in every 114,805 US girls born in 2025 was named Lexington — 14 in all.
- Will my child share the name Lexington with classmates?
- Lexington will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Lexington
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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