Dex

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Dex: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Dex: Recorded since 2002, it reached #2,730 in 2021, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
13times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#2730highest recorded position
1grouping it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2002–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#3225
2003	#3467
2008	#4432
2010	#3865
2011	#4647
2013	#4685
2014	#4632
2015	#4747
2016	#3478
2020	#2960
2021	#2730
2023	#2813
2024	#4270

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 13 of the 23 years from 2002 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2002–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #3225 among boys in England and Wales in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2002–2024
Highest recorded position: #2730 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 2002–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Dex by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Dex in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	9	3 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	21	6 of 10	4
2020s	24	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Dex appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Longest recorded names

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2730 in England and Wales in 2021.

Dex's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2730	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2002 and 2024, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,730, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#4,270position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
7births registered in its largest year, 2021Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Dexter · #63, 29y
Deya · #2574, 18y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Chinedum · #2730, 14y
Vasileios · #2730, 11y
Vinnie-Lee · #2730, 10y
Zaydaan · #2730, 11y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Vasileios · #2730, 11y
Vinnie-Lee · #2730, 10y
Zaydaan · #2730, 11y
Cheikh · #2728, 11y

Dex and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Dex without appearing here.

Dex moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2730 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #4991.
Brooke Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4632 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2960 and #4608.
Brent Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4747 and #4747 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #3478 and #4810.
Nicola Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4685 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #3478 and #4810.

Moved ahead of Dex

Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3865 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #4647 and #1398.
Gunnar Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3865 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #4685 and #3822.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2730 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Dex

Dex at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dex by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Dex appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Dex and the names beside it

Dex moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Dex

Dex at a glance

Dex by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Dex appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Dex and the names beside it

Dex moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Dex