Dexter

Boy name

Dexter ranks #87 out of 53,930 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 11 places, 862 licensed dogs carry the name. It's also a cat name: #112 for cats.

Dexter's popularity trend

Dexter's share of Allegheny County's licensed dogs, year by year — the place with the fullest records for this name. Share (its per-100k slice of that year's dogs) is the only figure comparable across years, since each year's counted population differs. Peak year by share: 2022.

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Year	Share
2025	0.2%
2024	0.2%
2023	0.21%
2022	0.23%
2021	0.22%
2020	0.21%
2019	0.21%
2018	0.2%
2017	0.19%
2016	0.19%
2015	0.18%
2014	0.18%
2013	0.17%
2012	0.14%
2011	0.14%
2010	0.13%
2009	0.11%
2008	0.11%
2007	0.1%

Licensed dogs in our data

862

across 11 places

Popularity rank

#87

of 53,930 names in our data

5-year rank move

−5

2020 → 2025

Gender split

99% boys

1% girls99% boys

Where Dexter shows up

Dexter's share of each place's counted dogs. Places count differently — hover a Share figure for the basis. Click a heading to sort.


TorontoCanada	0.4%
PlayfordAustralia	0.3%
Port Adelaide EnfieldAustralia	0.3%
WorcesterUnited States of America	0.2%
Allegheny CountyUnited States of America	0.2%
BurnsideAustralia	0.2%
New York CityUnited States of America	0.1%
CambridgeUnited States of America	0.1%
SeattleUnited States of America	0.1%
ZürichSwitzerland	0.1%
Basel-StadtSwitzerland	0.1%

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