# Bexley (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bexley/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “box tree”, “wood”, “lea” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɛksli/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,493 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 254 / 3,239 (93% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 69, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old English byxe (“box tree”) + leah (“wood”), equivalent to box + -ley (“lea”).

## What it means

Bexley is grouped under forest.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 10,520 |
| 2012 | 19 | 6,639 |
| 2013 | 56 | 2,979 |
| 2014 | 64 | 2,717 |
| 2015 | 204 | 1,215 |
| 2016 | 276 | 974 |
| 2017 | 286 | 925 |
| 2018 | 296 | 908 |
| 2019 | 278 | 952 |
| 2020 | 325 | 840 |
| 2021 | 378 | 753 |
| 2022 | 314 | 888 |
| 2023 | 237 | 1,056 |
| 2024 | 214 | 1,128 |
| 2025 | 268 | 963 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 8 | 8,965 |
| 2013 | 7 | 9,767 |
| 2014 | 11 | 7,129 |
| 2015 | 8 | 8,850 |
| 2016 | 13 | 6,404 |
| 2017 | 41 | 2,898 |
| 2018 | 17 | 5,350 |
| 2019 | 21 | 4,657 |
| 2020 | 28 | 3,739 |
| 2021 | 31 | 3,591 |
| 2022 | 19 | 5,042 |
| 2023 | 19 | 5,096 |
| 2024 | 17 | 5,466 |
| 2025 | 14 | 6,182 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,925 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,901 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 4 | 2,587 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.