Lexia
Lexia is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Lexia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lexia is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Lexia
American parents first put Lexia on the record books as a baby girl name in 1976, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2002, when 60 Lexias were born — ranking #2,582 that year. About 55% of every Lexia on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Lexia last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 783 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Lexia
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Lexia. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Lexia
Lexia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1976 and has accumulated 783 births in the dataset. Lexia's peak popularity came in 2002 when it ranked #2,582. Use the chart and map above to compare Lexia's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.