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Dexter: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 393 in 2025. Its best rank was #262 in 1968.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #262 in 1968; #693 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Dexter in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#693 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1968, at #262.
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Dexter: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 393 boys in 2025. Peak: #262 in 1968 · most boys in one year: 842 (2012).
In 2025, 393 US boys were named Dexter, making it the 693rd most common boys’ name of the year, up 31 places from #724 in 2024. That is 29 more than the 364 boys named Dexter in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #262, reached in 1968. The most boys given the name in a single year was 842, in 2012. For comparison, it was #413 in 2015 and #481 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Dexter in 142 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 6 babies. In all, 36,800 US babies have been given the name, 0.6% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 7,155 babies named Dexter.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 5,217 US boys were named Dexter; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 703. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,346 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Dexter ranked highest in Nebraska in 2025, at #346 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 22 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | 7 | #346 | #298 |
| Oregon | 7 | #486 | #466 |
| Minnesota | 11 | #486 | #308 |
| Indiana | 14 | #491 | #391 |
| Michigan | 17 | #494 | #348 |
| Arkansas | 6 | #505 | #446 |
| Iowa | 6 | #518 | #301 |
| Utah | 8 | #527 | #294 |
| Virginia | 14 | #531 | #500 |
| Wisconsin | 9 | #533 | #224 |
| Kansas | 6 | #541 | #611 |
| Pennsylvania | 17 | #553 | #422 |
| Missouri | 10 | #566 | #252 |
| North Carolina | 17 | #574 | #460 |
| Florida | 29 | #589 | #407 |
| Tennessee | 12 | #601 | #376 |
| Ohio | 16 | #605 | #364 |
| Illinois | 15 | #613 | #358 |
| Alabama | 7 | #637 | #287 |
| Massachusetts | 7 | #639 | #389 |
| Kentucky | 6 | #645 | #468 |
| Georgia | 14 | #685 | #459 |
| Arizona | 8 | #737 | #602 |
| Colorado | 6 | #789 | #443 |
| New York | 17 | #807 | #537 |
| California | 30 | #813 | #477 |
| Maryland | 5 | #837 | #399 |
| Washington | 5 | #1,038 | #350 |
| Texas | 20 | #1,107 | #550 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 393 | #693 |
| 2024 | — | — | 364 | #724 |
| 2023 | — | — | 380 | #700 |
| 2022 | — | — | 383 | #692 |
| 2021 | — | — | 554 | #531 |
| 2020 | — | — | 503 | #558 |
| 2019 | — | — | 638 | #466 |
| 2018 | — | — | 613 | #475 |
| 2017 | — | — | 686 | #447 |
| 2016 | — | — | 703 | #439 |
| 2015 | — | — | 755 | #413 |
| 2014 | — | — | 788 | #396 |
| 2013 | — | — | 784 | #382 |
| 2012 | — | — | 842 | #361 |
| 2011 | — | — | 753 | #384 |
| 2010 | — | — | 593 | #452 |
| 2009 | — | — | 486 | #542 |
| 2008 | — | — | 329 | #710 |
| 2007 | — | — | 257 | #832 |
| 2006 | — | — | 209 | #917 |
| 2005 | — | — | 211 | #870 |
| 2004 | — | — | 226 | #799 |
| 2003 | — | — | 201 | #857 |
| 2002 | — | — | 205 | #822 |
| 2001 | — | — | 229 | #753 |
| 2000 | — | — | 223 | #755 |
| 1999 | — | — | 211 | #758 |
| 1998 | — | — | 296 | #618 |
| 1997 | — | — | 292 | #607 |
| 1996 | — | — | 307 | #586 |
| 1995 | — | — | 336 | #554 |
| 1994 | — | — | 356 | #547 |
| 1993 | — | — | 447 | #470 |
| 1992 | — | — | 451 | #476 |
| 1991 | — | — | 554 | #411 |
| 1990 | — | — | 612 | #378 |
| 1989 | — | — | 688 | #336 |
| 1988 | 5 | #12,317 | 643 | #334 |
| 1987 | — | — | 665 | #317 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,783 | 587 | #334 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,625 | 410 | #424 |
| 1984 | — | — | 336 | #459 |
| 1983 | — | — | 220 | #569 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,916 | 221 | #577 |
| 1981 | — | — | 255 | #527 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,386 | 263 | #530 |
| 1979 | — | — | 252 | #534 |
| 1978 | — | — | 278 | #486 |
| 1977 | 5 | #10,013 | 278 | #488 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,671 | 275 | #477 |
| 1975 | — | — | 298 | #466 |
| 1974 | — | — | 366 | #408 |
| 1973 | — | — | 391 | #391 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,594 | 484 | #353 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,664 | 549 | #333 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,305 | 698 | #295 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,794 | 606 | #309 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,255 | 760 | #262 |
| 1967 | — | — | 436 | #361 |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,974 | 430 | #362 |
| 1965 | — | — | 507 | #336 |
| 1964 | — | — | 428 | #384 |
| 1963 | 6 | #6,049 | 425 | #385 |
| 1962 | — | — | 454 | #378 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,802 | 422 | #388 |
| 1960 | — | — | 434 | #379 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,732 | 403 | #396 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,578 | 464 | #355 |
| 1957 | 7 | #5,027 | 487 | #342 |
| 1956 | — | — | 401 | #370 |
| 1955 | — | — | 411 | #356 |
| 1954 | — | — | 326 | #397 |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,878 | 290 | #414 |
| 1952 | — | — | 270 | #422 |
| 1951 | — | — | 238 | #439 |
| 1950 | — | — | 193 | #481 |
| 1949 | — | — | 144 | #563 |
| 1948 | — | — | 152 | #538 |
| 1947 | — | — | 153 | #543 |
| 1946 | — | — | 155 | #517 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,150 | 139 | #507 |
| 1944 | — | — | 143 | #508 |
| 1943 | — | — | 160 | #487 |
| 1942 | — | — | 140 | #519 |
| 1941 | — | — | 161 | #467 |
| 1940 | — | — | 109 | #568 |
| 1939 | — | — | 97 | #582 |
| 1938 | — | — | 101 | #583 |
| 1937 | — | — | 86 | #633 |
| 1936 | — | — | 67 | #737 |
| 1935 | — | — | 74 | #704 |
| 1934 | — | — | 76 | #698 |
| 1933 | — | — | 73 | #706 |
| 1932 | — | — | 90 | #627 |
| 1931 | — | — | 67 | #762 |
| 1930 | — | — | 89 | #656 |
| 1929 | — | — | 92 | #639 |
| 1928 | — | — | 92 | #653 |
| 1927 | — | — | 79 | #736 |
| 1926 | — | — | 96 | #643 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,119 | 91 | #669 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,558 | 51 | #984 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,289 | 84 | #707 |
| 1922 | 11 | #3,007 | 103 | #638 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,219 | 80 | #739 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,395 | 88 | #680 |
| 1919 | — | — | 87 | #664 |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,415 | 76 | #738 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,809 | 66 | #776 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,596 | 69 | #726 |
| 1915 | — | — | 70 | #700 |
| 1914 | — | — | 43 | #803 |
| 1913 | — | — | 43 | #699 |
| 1912 | — | — | 29 | #817 |
| 1911 | — | — | 16 | #835 |
| 1910 | — | — | 12 | #944 |
| 1909 | — | — | 15 | #727 |
| 1908 | — | — | 9 | #964 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,885 | 16 | #640 |
| 1906 | — | — | 11 | #768 |
| 1905 | 5 | #2,011 | 12 | #711 |
| 1903 | — | — | 6 | #1,040 |
| 1902 | — | — | 9 | #809 |
| 1901 | — | — | 9 | #739 |
| 1898 | — | — | 5 | #1,167 |
| 1897 | — | — | 6 | #970 |
| 1896 | — | — | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1895 | — | — | 8 | #812 |
| 1894 | — | — | 8 | #803 |
| 1893 | — | — | 12 | #581 |
| 1892 | — | — | 6 | #984 |
| 1891 | — | — | 8 | #718 |
| 1890 | — | — | 7 | #827 |
| 1889 | — | — | 7 | #818 |
| 1888 | — | — | 10 | #663 |
| 1887 | — | — | 9 | #644 |
| 1885 | — | — | 5 | #974 |
| 1884 | — | — | 11 | #581 |
| 1883 | — | — | 6 | #821 |
| 1882 | — | — | 11 | #583 |
| 1881 | — | — | 10 | #571 |
| 1880 | — | — | 6 | #842 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).