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Lexton
OriginEnglish
Meaning"Lex's town; defender's town"
US Rank#5135
2025 SSA
About Lexton
A modern sounding choice, this surname style option likely blends given name Lex (from Alexander and Alexius) with the popular -ton suffix, indicating a town. It could work as an alternative to Paxton, Leyton, Alex, and Dexter.
Pronounced LEK-stun.
As of October 2026, Lexton ranked #5135 for boys in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #3462 for boys in 2021.
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #4,207 | 24 | 12.5 |
| 2015 | #4,987 | 19 | 9.9 |
| 2016 | #4,875 | 20 | 10.5 |
| 2017 | #4,053 | 26 | 14 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | #4,225 | 24 | 13.9 |
| 2021 | #3,462 | 33 | 18.9 |
| 2022 | #3,945 | 28 | 16 |
| 2023 | #4,290 | 25 | 14.6 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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