Dex
#6,195 most common boys' name of all time · #15,449 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1952–2025
Rank among boys
#6,195
Rank overall
#15,449 of 105,966
First appeared
1952
Years on the list
37 of 146
All-time
658
Since 2016
316
Peak year
2016 #2,801
Best rank
#2,771 1985
Girls
Boys
peak 43/yr
Dex first appears in 1952. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,900 |
| 2024 | — | 29 | 29 | #3,811 |
| 2023 | — | 38 | 38 | #3,196 |
| 2022 | — | 27 | 27 | #4,017 |
| 2021 | — | 35 | 35 | #3,312 |
| 2020 | — | 33 | 33 | #3,362 |
| 2019 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,517 |
| 2018 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,641 |
| 2017 | — | 29 | 29 | #3,701 |
| 2016 | — | 43 | 43 | #2,801 |
| 2015 | — | 26 | 26 | #4,012 |
| 2014 | — | 33 | 33 | #3,316 |
| 2013 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,342 |
| 2012 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,830 |
| 2011 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,852 |
| 2010 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,180 |
| 2009 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,505 |
| 2008 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,181 |
| 2006 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,910 |
| 2005 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,389 |
| 2003 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,034 |
| 2000 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,637 |
| 1999 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,937 |
| 1998 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,792 |
| 1996 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,654 |
| 1995 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,059 |
| 1994 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,028 |
| 1993 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,055 |
| 1992 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,363 |
| 1991 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,570 |
| 1990 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,047 |
| 1989 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,132 |
| 1988 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,909 |
| 1987 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,826 |
| 1986 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,954 |
| 1985 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,771 |
| 1952 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,224 |