Dex
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Dex is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “dyer”. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Dex mean?
English: short form of Dexter, an English occupational surname
“dyer”
Dexter comes from an Old English word for a dyer of cloth; Latin dexter, 'skilful, right-handed', is unrelated.
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Is Dex a girl's or a boy's name?
Dex is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dex in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2021, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Dex in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dex in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Dex in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,856among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Dex, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,342nd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 43 boys. It first appears in the records in 1952.
2025 had fewer boys named Dex than any year since 2011.
Half of all the boys named Dex in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dex in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 29 | #3,791 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,175 |
| 2022 | 27 | #3,992 |
| 2021 | 35 | #3,295 |
| 2020 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2019 | 32 | #3,493 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,603 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 43 | #2,782 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 33 | #3,295 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,311 |
| 2012 | 27 | #3,804 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,855 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,888 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,708 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
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