NameTides

Dexter

Dexter was the #692 boys' name in the US in 2025 (393 babies), and #154 in England & Wales and #837 in Canada.

Dexter as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Dexter as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUSScotlandCanada
Dexter as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#692 (393)#154 (346)#647 (4)——#837 (31)
2024#722 (364)#143 (381)#404 (8)—#785 (3)#822 (31)
2023#699 (380)#174 (294)#435 (7)—#660 (4)#797 (31)
2022#692 (383)#156 (335)——#657 (4)#537 (51)
2021#531 (554)#133 (427)#328 (11)—#755 (3)#650 (42)
2020#558 (503)#124 (450)#324 (11)#304 (5)#556 (5)#481 (57)
2019#465 (638)#114 (542)#289 (13)#312 (5)#646 (4)#483 (58)
2018#475 (613)#95 (676)#288 (13)#416 (3)#749 (3)#467 (59)
2017#447 (686)#86 (788)#242 (19)#250 (7)#610 (4)#468 (61)
2016#438 (703)#83 (831)#222 (22)#281 (6)#448 (7)#497 (58)
2015#412 (755)#79 (850)#200 (26)#259 (7)#329 (13)#389 (79)
2014#396 (788)#73 (908)#238 (20)#228 (9)#286 (16)#424 (70)
2013#382 (784)#63 (1,019)#167 (33)#271 (6)#296 (15)#292 (112)
2012#361 (842)#70 (955)#160 (36)#273 (6)#336 (12)#253 (133)
2011#384 (753)#78 (833)#175 (31)#261 (6)#342 (12)#309 (99)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2012 at #361.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,300 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 4,300uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 790common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 4,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Dexter is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,900 to 1 in 6,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Dexter by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #523WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #477MNIllinois: #606ILMichigan: #487MINew York: #798NYMassachusetts: #620MAOregon: #474ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #493IAIndiana: #483INOhio: #595OHPennsylvania: #546PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #807CAUtah: #515UTColorado: #756CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #559MOKentucky: #625KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #525VAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #720AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #524KSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #592TNNorth Carolina: #569NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #622ALGeorgia: #673GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,094TXFlorida: #585FL
Dexter (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#96411

Dexter (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DexterCanadaBoys#83731
DexterEngland & WalesBoys#154346
DexterIrelandBoys—too few
DexterNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
DexterScotlandBoys#6474
DexterUSGirls—too few
DexterUSBoys#692393