Dexter

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Dexter is an English masculine given name. It is a transferred use of a surname derived from the Old English word deagestre, meaning โ€œdyer of cloth.โ€ Dexter is also a Latin term meaning skillful.

From Wikipedia

Dexter first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2012 with 133 babies (rank #254 that year). In 2024 it was given to 31 boys (rank #839). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Dexter

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Dexter yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,847
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
133
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199137#492
199244#453
199335#519
199428#576
199535#534
199633#553
199747#446
199830#604
199933#574
200033#564
200123#750
200231#614
200337#565
200438#571
200525#791
200636#637
200751#515
200894#331
2009102#307
2010103#301
2011100#310
2012133#254
2013112#294
201471#421
201581#385
201661#475
201761#475
201859#478
201957#500
202060#469
202143#643
202250#551
202333#769
202431#839