Lexus
Lexus is the luxury vehicle division of the Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corporation. The Lexus brand is marketed in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide and is Japan's largest-selling make of premium cars. It has ranked among the 10 largest Japanese global brands in market value. Lexus has been headquartered in Shimoyama, Aichi, in Japan since 2024.
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Meaning & Origin of Lexus
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lexus is the luxury vehicle division of the Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corporation. The Lexus brand is marketed in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide and is Japan's largest-selling make of premium cars. It has ranked among the 10 largest Japanese global brands in market value. Lexus has been headquartered in Shimoyama, Aichi, in Japan since 2024.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Lexus
Lexus first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1990, with 36 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1996, when 557 Lexuss were born — ranking #449 that year. As of 2026, Lexus ranks #6,905 for baby girls with 16 births, falling sharply (-44%). In total, more than 7K Lexuss have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Lexus
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Lexus. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Lexus
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About the name Lexus
Lexus is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1990 and has accumulated 7K births in the dataset. Lexus's peak popularity came in 1996 when it ranked #449. Use the chart and map above to compare Lexus'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 .
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