first name
DEXTER
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 26,692 people named Dexter, 42.3% reported their origin as Black, 40.5% as White and 6.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Dexter peaked in 2012, when 842 babies got the name.
At least 36,800 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Dexter by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #779. The largest share of babies named Dexter, 20.5%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Dexter is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Dexter has been most common in Georgia (3.4×), Mississippi (3.4×), and Louisiana (2.5×), and least common in Connecticut (0.3×).
31,377 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Dexter
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Dexter, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Dexter ranks #3,691 of 156,621, with 9,351 people. See Dexter as a last name
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