Dex Popularity by Year

Follow Dex across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.

Dex birth-count history

The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.

Year	Category	Births	Rank	Change from previous recorded year
2025	Boys	20	#4,857	Down 1,064 places
2024	Boys	29	#3,793	Down 616 places
2023	Boys	38	#3,177	Up 818 places
2022	Boys	27	#3,995	Down 698 places
2021	Boys	35	#3,297	Up 47 places
2020	Boys	33	#3,344	Up 152 places
2019	Boys	32	#3,496	Up 111 places
2018	Boys	30	#3,607	Up 71 places
2017	Boys	29	#3,678	Down 895 places
2016	Boys	43	#2,783	Up 1,199 places
2015	Boys	26	#3,982	Down 685 places
2014	Boys	33	#3,297	Up 1,016 places
2013	Boys	22	#4,313	Down 506 places
2012	Boys	27	#3,807	Up 1,015 places
2011	Boys	19	#4,822	Up 2,265 places
2010	Boys	11	#7,087	Down 651 places
2009	Boys	13	#6,436	Up 2,583 places
2008	Boys	8	#9,019	Up 1,643 places
2006	Boys	6	#10,662	Down 511 places
2005	Boys	6	#10,151	Down 2,320 places
2003	Boys	8	#7,831	Up 2,518 places
2000	Boys	5	#10,349	Down 1,645 places
1999	Boys	6	#8,704	Down 1,144 places
1998	Boys	7	#7,560	Down 1,064 places
1996	Boys	8	#6,496	Up 1,296 places
1995	Boys	6	#7,792	Down 22 places
1994	Boys	6	#7,770	Up 930 places
1993	Boys	5	#8,700	Down 3,464 places
1992	Boys	10	#5,236	Down 760 places
1991	Boys	12	#4,476	Down 505 places
1990	Boys	14	#3,971	Up 46 places
1989	Boys	13	#4,017	Down 1,157 places
1988	Boys	19	#2,860	Up 871 places
1987	Boys	12	#3,731	Down 840 places
1986	Boys	17	#2,891	Down 181 places
1985	Boys	18	#2,710	Up 1,024 places
1952	Boys	5	#3,734	—