Name meaning & stats
Lexi
Lexi means “defender” (Ancient Greek origin). 28,120 US babies since 1940, peak 2014.
What it means
“defender”
Ancient GreekPet form of Alexa
In US birth records
Peak year: 2014
28,120 US babies were named Lexi between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Lexi (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 60% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2014)