Dexter
Last seen for girls in 1988 at #11,798 · #692 for boys in 2025, 393 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1968 · 760 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 36,582since 1880
Dexter over time
Rank among boys' names. Dexter has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #692 | 393 | |
| 2024 | — | #722 | 364 | |
| 2023 | — | #699 | 380 | |
| 2022 | — | #692 | 383 | |
| 2021 | — | #531 | 554 | |
| 2020 | — | #558 | 503 | |
| 2019 | — | #465 | 638 | |
| 2018 | — | #475 | 613 | |
| 2017 | — | #447 | 686 | |
| 2016 | — | #438 | 703 | |
| 2015 | — | #412 | 755 | |
| 2014 | — | #396 | 788 | |
| 2013 | — | #382 | 784 | |
| 2012 | — | #361 | 842 | |
| 2011 | — | #384 | 753 | |
| 2010 | — | #452 | 593 | |
| 2009 | — | #542 | 486 | |
| 2008 | — | #708 | 329 | |
| 2007 | — | #832 | 257 | |
| 2006 | — | #917 | 209 | |
| 2005 | — | #870 | 211 | |
| 2004 | — | #798 | 226 | |
| 2003 | — | #857 | 201 | |
| 2002 | — | #819 | 205 | |
| 2001 | — | #752 | 229 | |
| 2000 | — | #755 | 223 | |
| 1999 | — | #757 | 211 | |
| 1998 | — | #617 | 296 | |
| 1997 | — | #605 | 292 | |
| 1996 | — | #586 | 307 | |
| 1995 | — | #554 | 336 | |
| 1994 | — | #546 | 356 | |
| 1993 | — | #470 | 447 | |
| 1992 | — | #476 | 451 | |
| 1991 | — | #411 | 554 | |
| 1990 | — | #377 | 612 | |
| 1989 | — | #336 | 688 | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #334 | 643 |
| 1987 | — | #317 | 665 | |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #334 | 587 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #424 | 410 |
| 1984 | — | #459 | 336 | |
| 1983 | — | #569 | 220 | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #577 | 221 |
| 1981 | — | #527 | 255 | |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #530 | 263 |
| 1979 | — | #533 | 252 | |
| 1978 | — | #486 | 278 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #488 | 278 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #477 | 275 |
| 1975 | — | #466 | 298 | |
| 1974 | — | #408 | 366 | |
| 1973 | — | #391 | 391 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #352 | 484 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #333 | 549 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #295 | 698 |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | #309 | 606 |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | #262 | 760 |
| 1967 | — | #361 | 436 | |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | #362 | 430 |
| 1965 | — | #336 | 507 | |
| 1964 | — | #384 | 428 | |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | #385 | 425 |
| 1962 | — | #378 | 454 | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #388 | 422 |
| 1960 | — | #379 | 434 | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #396 | 403 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #355 | 464 |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | #342 | 487 |
| 1956 | — | #370 | 401 | |
| 1955 | — | #356 | 411 | |
| 1954 | — | #396 | 326 | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #414 | 290 |
| 1952 | — | #422 | 270 | |
| 1951 | — | #438 | 238 | |
| 1950 | — | #481 | 193 | |
| 1949 | — | #563 | 144 | |
| 1948 | — | #538 | 152 | |
| 1947 | — | #543 | 153 | |
| 1946 | — | #516 | 155 | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | #507 | 139 |
| 1944 | — | #508 | 143 | |
| 1943 | — | #487 | 160 | |
| 1942 | — | #519 | 140 | |
| 1941 | — | #466 | 161 | |
| 1940 | — | #568 | 109 | |
| 1939 | — | #581 | 97 | |
| 1938 | — | #583 | 101 | |
| 1937 | — | #631 | 86 | |
| 1936 | — | #736 | 67 | |
| 1935 | — | #702 | 74 | |
| 1934 | — | #697 | 76 | |
| 1933 | — | #703 | 73 | |
| 1932 | — | #626 | 90 | |
| 1931 | — | #756 | 67 | |
| 1930 | — | #654 | 89 | |
| 1929 | — | #639 | 92 | |
| 1928 | — | #652 | 92 | |
| 1927 | — | #733 | 79 | |
| 1926 | — | #642 | 96 | |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | #669 | 91 |
| 1924 | #2,514 | 14 | #984 | 51 |
| 1923 | #2,264 | 16 | #706 | 84 |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 | #637 | 103 |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 | #737 | 80 |
| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 | #680 | 88 |
| 1919 | — | #663 | 87 | |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #733 | 76 |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | #773 | 66 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #724 | 69 |
| 1915 | — | #698 | 70 | |
| 1914 | — | #802 | 43 | |
| 1913 | — | #696 | 43 | |
| 1912 | — | #816 | 29 | |
| 1911 | — | #824 | 16 | |
| 1910 | — | #928 | 12 | |
| 1909 | — | #714 | 15 | |
| 1908 | — | #946 | 9 | |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | #634 | 16 |
| 1906 | — | #752 | 11 | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | #699 | 12 |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | #1,009 | 6 | |
| 1902 | — | #794 | 9 | |
| 1901 | — | #727 | 9 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | #795 | 8 | |
| 1894 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1893 | — | #572 | 12 | |
| 1892 | — | #956 | 6 | |
| 1891 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1890 | — | #814 | 7 | |
| 1889 | — | #789 | 7 | |
| 1888 | — | #648 | 10 | |
| 1887 | — | #631 | 9 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | #570 | 11 | |
| 1883 | — | #799 | 6 | |
| 1882 | — | #576 | 11 | |
| 1881 | — | #563 | 10 | |
| 1880 | — | #809 | 6 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Dexter was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1886, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Dexter
- 30 spots since 2024 (#722 → #692)
- 134 spots since 2020 (#558 → #692)
- 280 spots since 2015 (#412 → #692)
- Biggest jump: 384 spots in 1893 (#956 → #572)
- Biggest drop: 366 spots in 1885 (#570 → #936)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1968 at #262 (760 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 139 yrs · run 1905–2025
- Highest: 1 in 2,253 boys born in 2012 were named Dexter (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,346 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #262 in 1968, was only 1 in 2,287 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 19.6% of all boys named Dexter (7,155) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 75 | #563 (1881) | #702 |
| 1890s | 65 | #572 (1893) | #865 |
| 1900s | 87 | #634 (1907) | #784 |
| 1910s | 511 | #663 (1919) | #766 |
| 1920s | 856 | #637 (1922) | #708 |
| 1930s | 820 | #581 (1939) | #667 |
| 1940s | 1,456 | #466 (1941) | #522 |
| 1950s | 3,483 | #342 (1957) | #397 |
| 1960s | 4,902 | #262 (1968) | #354 |
| 1970s | 3,869 | #295 (1970) | #423 |
| 1980s | 4,288 | #317 (1987) | #441 |
| 1990s | 3,862 | #377 (1990) | #540 |
| 2000s | 2,576 | #542 (2009) | #785 |
| 2010s | 7,155 | #361 (2012) | #421 |
| 2020s | 2,577 | #531 (2021) | #649 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Dexter in 1977
Top girls' names in 1977
Top boys' names in 1977
More about 1977
girls
1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 306,629 of them was named Dexter, which outranked 14.8% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,677 names at #9,652; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 5,911 of them was named Dexter, which outranked 92.9% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.