Fun Facts About the Name Lexus
- More than 6 thousand babies named Lexus: U.S. records list 6,837 babies given the name Lexus from 1880 through 2025. Even 263 boys received the name Lexus - about 1 boy for every 25 girls.
What Does the Name Lexus Mean?
Lexus is a coined name, created for the luxury car division that Toyota launched in 1989. It does not come down from an older naming language the way most given names do, and no confirmed root in Latin, Greek, or another traditional source has been documented for it. The explanations in circulation are marketing accounts rather than historical records.
The explanation most often repeated is that Lexus blends the words luxury and elegance. A second account holds that it is a shortened form of Alexis, a name of Greek origin built on alexein, "to defend." Toyota has not published an authoritative derivation, so both explanations remain unverified. Similar-looking words such as the Latin lex ("law") or the Greek lexis ("word, speech") are not documented sources of the name, despite the resemblance.
Lexus Name History & Origins
The name was settled on in the mid-1980s for Toyota's secret luxury-car program, known inside the company as the F1 project, and it was announced as the brand name before the division's American debut in 1989 with the LS 400 and ES 250 sedans. Toyota used outside naming consultants, and published accounts describe a long list of candidates narrowed over several rounds. One widely reported detail is that Alexis was used as a working name before Lexus was chosen.
Because Lexus entered the language as a brand, its later use as a personal name follows from that origin rather than from an older naming tradition. In the United States it has also been used as a given name, mostly for girls, since the 1990s.
How Popular is the Name Lexus?
Lexus recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1996. Its best rank was #449 in 1996.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,007 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2024 | #6,048 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2023 | #7,484 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2022 | #6,596 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2021 | #4,908 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2020 | #5,253 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 2019 | #5,112 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2018 | #3,768 | 40 | 0.0024% |
| 2017 | #4,118 | 36 | 0.0021% |
| 2016 | #3,896 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 2015 | #2,575 | 70 | 0.0039% |
| 2014 | #2,435 | 75 | 0.0042% |
| 2013 | #2,129 | 89 | 0.0051% |
| 2012 | #2,368 | 79 | 0.0045% |
| 2011 | #1,800 | 113 | 0.0064% |
| 2010 | #1,904 | 106 | 0.0060% |
| 2009 | #1,683 | 133 | 0.0072% |
| 2008 | #1,535 | 151 | 0.0080% |
| 2007 | #1,399 | 171 | 0.0089% |
| 2006 | #1,169 | 208 | 0.0109% |
| 2005 | #1,131 | 208 | 0.0113% |
| 2004 | #972 | 246 | 0.0134% |
| 2003 | #880 | 275 | 0.0151% |
| 2002 | #770 | 313 | 0.0174% |
| 2001 | #771 | 308 | 0.0171% |
| 2000 | #671 | 360 | 0.0198% |
| 1999 | #625 | 381 | 0.0215% |
| 1998 | #518 | 489 | 0.0277% |
| 1997 | #470 | 534 | 0.0307% |
| 1996 | #449 | 557 | 0.0318% |
| 1995 | #532 | 450 | 0.0256% |
| 1994 | #592 | 381 | 0.0213% |
| 1993 | #738 | 285 | 0.0158% |
| 1992 | #989 | 193 | 0.0105% |
| 1991 | #1,529 | 102 | 0.0054% |
| 1990 | #3,119 | 36 | 0.0019% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | #11,593 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #11,985 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2006 | #9,241 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2005 | #6,916 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2004 | #6,808 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2003 | #5,754 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2002 | #8,143 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #10,043 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #7,180 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1999 | #6,879 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1998 | #3,255 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1997 | #4,594 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1996 | #2,986 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 1995 | #4,992 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1994 | #3,695 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1993 | #2,489 | 30 | 0.0015% |
| 1992 | #2,788 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 1991 | #3,755 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1990 | #4,567 | 12 | 0.0006% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Lexus Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You always bring to completion anything you start. You are generous but like to see returns from your giving. You have an executive ability, you are a leader. You are moral, balanced, honest and intellectual, and you may attain spirituality. You are wise and practical with an appreciation of beauty. You always think before you act. You have an eventful, exciting life. You are versatile and have the ability to learn easily.
You desire to inspire and lead, to control other's affairs. You are giving, courageous and bold, action oriented,energetic and strong willed. You want to make a difference in the world, and this attitude often attracts you to cultural interests, politics, social issues, and the cultivation of your creative talents.
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