Bex

#5,061 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare, through Rebecca

Bex has been given to 138 babies in the U.S. since 2015. In 2025 it ranked #5,061 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 19 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 78% boys, 22% girls all-time.

Babies named Bex, 2025

1 in 174,000

Bex over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Bex over time

In 2025, Bex went to 27% girls and 73% boys.

20152025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Bex: meaning, origin, and history

Enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare, through Rebecca

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Bex means

Bex belongs to the name family reached through Bex → Rebecca. Its meaning is “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”.

Origin, language, and formation

Bex is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Rebecca and Becks.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 108 boys were recorded with the name Bex between 2015 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 19 in 2025; its best national rank was #5,061 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,014 in 2020 to #5,061 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #9,689 in 2015 to #5,061 in 2025.

In the United States, 30 girls were recorded with the name Bex between 2020 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2024; its best national rank was #10,405 in 2024.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #13,729 in 2020 to #12,114 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Bex?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 174,000; 19 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 89,900; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #5,061; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 120,943 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Bex sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 120,943 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Bex. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Bexs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Bex was born before 2022 — so the typical Bex is around 3 today.

Median birth year: 2022; About 3 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 81.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 108; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 81.5% of all recorded uses (88).

Is Bex rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +201; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +953; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +4,628; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 2.71×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2025 (19)
Years since peak: Peaking now; At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 33.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,061; 2025

Bex by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #5,061
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 953
Best rank ever: #5,061; 2025
Peak year: 2025; 19 that year
First recorded: 2015
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 108
Count in 2025: 19

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #12,114
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 1,615
Best rank ever: #10,405; 2024
Peak year: 2024; 9 that year
First recorded: 2020
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 30
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Bex

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Bexton Bexley Bexon Bexten Bexar Bextyn

Sibling names for Bex

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

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For a brother

Evans Hamilton Caesar Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Leander Henri

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