Dexter

Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys

Dexter first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 141 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2012 with 842 babies (rank #361 that year). In 2024 it was given to 364 boys (rank #720). The name has been declining over the last five years.
36,404
Total babies (all years)
141
Years in the data
842
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
18806#842
188110#571
188211#583
18836#821
188411#581
18855#974
18879#644
188810#663
18897#818
18907#827
18918#718
18926#984
189312#581
18948#803
18958#812
18965#1,136
18976#970
18985#1,167
19019#739
19029#809
19036#1,040
190512#711
190611#768
190716#640
19089#964
190915#727
191012#944
191116#835
191229#817
191343#699
191443#803
191570#700
191669#726
191766#776
191876#738
191987#664
192088#680
192180#739
1922103#638
192384#707
192451#984
192591#669
192696#643
192779#735
192892#653
192992#639
193089#656
193167#762
193290#627
193373#706
193476#697
193574#704
193667#737
193786#632
1938101#583
193997#582
1940109#568
1941161#467
1942140#519
1943160#487
1944143#508
1945139#507
1946155#517
1947153#543
1948152#538
1949144#563
1950194#477
1951238#439
1952270#422
1953290#414
1954326#397
1955411#356
1956401#370
1957487#342
1958464#355
1959403#396
1960434#379
1961422#388
1962454#378
1963424#385
1964429#383
1965508#336
1966429#363
1967436#361
1968760#262
1969606#309
1970698#295
1971549#334
1972484#353
1973391#391
1974366#408
1975298#466
1976275#477
1977278#488
1978278#486
1979252#534
1980263#530
1981256#526
1982221#577
1983220#569
1984336#459
1985411#423
1986587#334
1987665#317
1988643#334
1989688#336
1990612#377
1991554#411
1992451#476
1993447#470
1994356#547
1995336#554
1996307#586
1997292#607
1998296#618
1999211#758
2000223#755
2001229#753
2002205#822
2003201#857
2004226#799
2005211#870
2006209#917
2007257#832
2008329#710
2009486#542
2010593#451
2011753#384
2012842#361
2013784#382
2014788#396
2015755#412
2016701#441
2017686#447
2018612#476
2019638#465
2020502#558
2021553#531
2022383#692
2023379#701
2024364#720