Bexley
Bexley was the 963rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 268 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 753rd with 378 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 252 places. More babies were named Bexley in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning box-tree wood · English, Old English
Say it BEKS-lee /ˈbɛksli/
- Rank in 2025
- #963 girls, down 123 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 268girls
- Girls and boys
- 93% girls, 7% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2021378 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,493babies recorded
What does the name Bexley mean?
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)
Nicknames for Bexley
The usual nicknames for Bexley are Bex.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Girls, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bex · also for Rebecca | Modern | — | — |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are girls given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Bexleys go by each one.
Bexley popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #963 | #6,182 | 268 | 14 |
| 2020 | #840 | #3,739 | 325 | 28 |
| 2010 | #12,460 | — | 8 | — |
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How popular is Bexley, counting every spelling?
Bexley is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #815 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #963 for Bexley 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 Bexley?
268 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Bexley (0.07 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Bexley 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 31 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Bexley.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Bexley?
About 3,200 people born in the US named Bexley are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 4 and 9. That makes Bexley 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.
Bexley by state
How common Bexley was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Idaho (4.0×), Ohio (3.8×), Nebraska (3.5×), Iowa (3.4×), Kentucky (3.2×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in New York, California, Oregon.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Bexley: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Bexley, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Bexley · Sibling names for Bexley
Questions about the name Bexley
What does Bexley mean?
Bexley means “box-tree wood” (English, Old English origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Bexley?
Bexley was the 963rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 268 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 753rd with 378 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 252 places. More babies were named Bexley in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Bexley a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 93% girls, 7% boys given the name Bexley in the US.
Where is Bexley most popular?
In 2021–2025, Bexley was most common in Idaho (0.69 per 1,000 girls), followed by Ohio and Nebraska.