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Bexley

#963 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Box tree + wood

Bexley has been given to 3,493 babies in the U.S. since 2009. In 2025 it ranked #963 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 378 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 93% girls, 7% boys all-time.

Babies named Bexley, 2025

1 in 12,400

Bexley over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Bexley over time

In 2025, Bexley went to 95% girls and 5% boys.

20092025

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.

Bexley: meaning, origin, and history

Box tree + wood

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Bexley means

Bexley means “box tree + wood”, associated with byxe and leah.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Old English byxe (“box tree”) + leah (“wood”), equivalent to box + -ley (“lea”).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Bexley (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Origin, language, and formation

Bexley is used in English.

Bexley comes through Old English byxe.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Bexley is pronounced /ˈbɛksli/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,239 girls were recorded with the name Bexley between 2009 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 378 in 2021; its best national rank was #753 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #840 in 2020 to #963 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,215 in 2015 to #963 in 2025.

In the United States, 254 boys were recorded with the name Bexley between 2012 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 41 in 2017; its best national rank was #2,897 in 2017.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,736 in 2020 to #6,178 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,845 in 2015 to #6,178 in 2025.

How common is Bexley?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 12,400
268 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 6,000
0.02% of girls
Rank, 2025
#963
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
8,575 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Bexley sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 5004%

Put another way: gather 8,575 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Bexley. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Bexleys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Bexley was born before 2020 — so the typical Bexley is around 5 today.

Median birth year
2020
About 5 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
53.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,239
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 53.6% of all recorded uses (1,736).

Is Bexley 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
+165
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−123
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+252
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.31×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
70.9%
Peak was 2021 (378)
Years since peak
4
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
45.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#753
2021

Spellings of Bexley

Bexley is not the most common spelling — Bailey is, with 39.0% against Bexley's 1.1%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Bexley is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Bexley was most concentrated in North Dakota — about 1 in 1,075 girls, against 1 in 5,074 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 50,000).

293 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1North Dakota1 in 1,075
  2. 2Ohio1 in 1,449
  3. 3South Dakota1 in 1,538
  4. 4Utah1 in 1,538
  5. 5Iowa1 in 1,587
  6. 6Idaho1 in 1,613
  7. 7Indiana1 in 2,000
  8. 8Nebraska1 in 2,128

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Bexley is one of the more regionally concentrated names in the country — more concentrated than 83% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Bexley is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Bexley was most concentrated in Ohio — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,250,922 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Ohio1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Bexley has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Bexley around the world

Where Bexley ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2015–2021
    #3,961
    in 2021
  • Canada
    2014–2024
    #3,027
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Bexley by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#963
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 123
Best rank ever
#753
2021
Peak year
2021
378 that year
First recorded
2009
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,239
Count in 2025
268

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,178
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,442
Best rank ever
#2,897
2017
Peak year
2017
41 that year
First recorded
2012
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
254
Count in 2025
14

Names similar to Bexley

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

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Names with a curve like Bexley

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Bexley, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Bexley

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

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