Bexley — #1128 US unisex name
2,969 babies named Bexley in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 94% of names given to girls today.
50% of everyone ever named Bexley was born in this single decade.
378 babies were named Bexley in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bexley
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,969 babies named Bexley between 2009 and 2024, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bexley currently holds the #1128 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 378 babies received it in a single year. Bexley is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 240 additional births since 2012.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bexley performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,497 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Bexley shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 352 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Bexley in 37 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bexley in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,969 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Bexley at a glance
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Bexley popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2009
- Peak year (2021)
- 378
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
Currently ranks #1128 among girls.
2,969 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 378 births in a single year.
Bexley popularity over time — boys
240 total births recorded since 2012 (Bexley as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Bexley accounts for 7% of total recorded use across both genders.
Bexley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,497 births that decade — 50% of Bexley's all-time total
Bexley decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,497 births
- Runner-up 1,466 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Bexley's strongest decade
1,497 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Bexley by state
Where Bexley concentrates geographically — total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 352 | 11.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 286 | 9.6% |
| #3 | Indiana | | 139 | 4.7% |
| #4 | Utah | | 108 | 3.6% |
| #5 | California | | 107 | 3.6% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 98 | 3.3% |
| #7 | Iowa | | 78 | 2.6% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 77 | 2.6% |
352 of 2,969 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 37 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 11.9% of nationwide
- Texas 9.6% of nationwide
- Indiana 4.7% of nationwide
- Utah 3.6% of nationwide
- California 3.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 37 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 11.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Bexley appears in 37 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2009–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.