Bexlee
Bexlee was the 3583rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 42 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 2665th with 65 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,923 places. More babies were named Bexlee in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Bexley) box-tree wood · English, Old English
- Rank in 2025
- #3,583 girls, down 356 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 42girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202265 babies
- Total since 1880
- 510babies recorded
What does the name Bexlee mean?
Bexlee is a spelling of Bexley, pronounced the same way, so it shares Bexley's meaning and origin.
Bexley is an English place name, now a borough of southeast London, from Old English byxe 'box tree' and lēah 'wood, clearing', so 'box-tree wood', as Wiktionary notes. As a first name it is very recent, recorded in the US from 2009 and fitting the trend for -ley place names. Bexley, Ohio, is named after the English place through Nicholas Vansittart, Lord Bexley.
byxe (Old English, “box tree”)lēah (Old English, “wood, clearing”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Becks, Bexlee, Lexley.
See also: English names, names that mean tree, names from places.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Bexley', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (our computation), SSA (public domain)
Bexlee popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,583 | 42 |
| 2020 | #3,227 | 48 |
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How popular is Bexlee, counting every spelling?
Bexlee is a spelling of Bexley, a name family that ranked #815 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,583 for Bexlee on its own. Together these spellings went to 332 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bexley | 268 | #963 | 1,411 |
| Bexlee | 42 | #3,583 | 266 |
| Bexlie | 15 | #7,202 | 73 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Bexlee?
42 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Bexlee (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Bexlee born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 200 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Bexlee.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Bexlee?
About 500 people born in the US named Bexlee are alive today, with a median age of 5; half are between 3 and 8. That makes Bexlee a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Bexlee by state
How common Bexlee was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Ohio (4.8×). In 46 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Bexlee: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Bexlee, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Bexlee
What does Bexlee mean?
Bexlee is a spelling of Bexley, which means “box-tree wood” (English, Old English origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Bexlee?
Bexlee was the 3583rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 42 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 2665th with 65 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,923 places. More babies were named Bexlee in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Bexlee a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Bexlee in the US.
Where is Bexlee most popular?
In 2021–2025, Bexlee was most common in North Dakota (0.38 per 1,000 girls), followed by Utah and Ohio.