Bex
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BEKS
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,044 for boys
Bex is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).
Where does Bex come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps short for Bexley or Baxter
More on Wiktionary.
Is Bex a girl's or a boy's name?
Bex is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls and 19 boys in the US.
How popular is Bex in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,044among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 90,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 89% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Bex, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. It first appears in the records in 2015. 7 girls were also named Bex in 2025 (11,928th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Bex of any year since it first appeared, in 2015.
Half of all the boys named Bex in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bex in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
Names like Bex
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jax Banks Kylo Jettson Saint Knox Bellamy Wells Jaxton Baker Hendrix Hayes
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bex: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bex, updated 20 October 2026.