Boy
Dexter
Dexter is a boy's name, a solidly familiar choice, that is currently on the rise, with its biggest decade yet in the 2010s.
LatinLatin "dexter"
EtymologyMeaning "right-handed, skillful"
Births by decade
1900s
98
1910s
529
1920s
923
1930s
820
1940s
1,462
1950s
3,509
1960s
4,936
1970s
3,896
1980s
4,318
1990s
3,861
2000s
2,573
2010s
5,887
Peaked in the 2010s · 32,812 total U.S. births since 1900