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Lexie vs Mia

How Lexie and Mia compare across 146 years of US Social Security Administration baby-name records — popularity history, peak years, current rank, and which name overtook which.

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Lexie

Female · English

Meaning: Variant Of Alexandra. Defender Of Mankind.

Mia

Female · Latin

Meaning: Mine

US Popularity History — Side-by-Side

Annual US births named Lexie (girls) vs Mia (girls), from US Social Security Administration national records.

Source: US Social Security Administration. Names appearing fewer than 5 times per year are suppressed by SSA.

Quick Stats

Metric Lexie Mia
Peak year (most US births) 2010 — 647 girls 2015 — 14,939 girls
Peak rank #467 #6
Most recent rank (2022) #955 (281 births) #6 (11,078 births)
Total US births since 1880 11,055 280,686
Last 10 years (2013–2022) 3,811 121,307

Peak comparison takeaway

At its all-time peak, Mia reached 14,939 US births in 2015 — 14,292 more than Lexie's peak count.

Strongest States — Last 10 Years

States where each name ranked highest, from SSA's state-level dataset. Lower average rank = name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name list.

Lexie — top 5 states

#StateAvg rankBirths
1 Arkansas #453 38
2 Utah #534 78
3 Kansas #571 24
4 Kentucky #595 22
5 Louisiana #632 33

Mia — top 5 states

#StateAvg rankBirths
1 New Mexico #2 775
2 California #3 19,952
3 New Jersey #3 3,970
4 Nevada #3 1,236
5 Texas #4 14,721

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Data & methodology

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby names dataset 1880–2025 (CC0 public domain). Names with fewer than 5 occurrences in a given year are suppressed by SSA. State-level coverage runs 1910–2025. Crossover detection compares annual birth counts (not ranks) for each year both names appear. Methodology: see full notes. More comparisons →