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Dexter

Boy English #701 in 2023

Dexter is a boy name of English origin.

Meaning of Dexter

Any of a number of places in the United States and Canada, named for persons with the surname. Variant of Dyster.

Popularity of Dexter

Popularity, 1880–2023

379 births in 2023

1880 2023

35,822 U.S. births recorded from 1880–2023.

Peak year

2012

842 babies

First recorded

1880

Earliest SSA data

Recent trend

Falling

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

Similar names

God is my judge

Boy · Scottish Gaelic

Name of Scottish kings and an early saint, from Dòmhnall and reinforced by Donvaldus ~ Donaldus, from Domnall, from Dubnowalos

Girl · Ancient Greek

The English form of Dorothea, the name of a legendary saint, from Δωροθέα, from t=gift + t=god

Girl · English

Popular in the 1960s and the 1970s

Girl · Italian

A 19th-century invention from the - noun donna; also interpreted as a feminine form of Donald

From Brandon, Brampdon, Bramdun, Bremedon, Bromdun, from, from gloss=broom shrub + gloss=hill, dune

Popular from the 1940s to the 1970s, first in the USA, then in the UK

About this page

Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Etymology adapted from Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.