Bexley

What Bexley means

Means “box tree + wood”

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

Source: Wiktionary, “Bexley” (revision 92273705), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Bexley?

US: Rising: up from #1215 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2021, when 378 girls got the name (#752 that year). First in the US records in 2009.

How common

• About 1 in 5,997 baby girls in the US in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NE (0.99 per 1,000 girls), AR (0.76 per 1,000 girls), MS (0.67 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Bexley is #960 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 95.0% of US babies named Bexley were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the UK pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Bexlee42 US
• Bexli7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Bexley

Girls

• Rosalie#171“rose”^*
• Alice#65“noble + character”^*
• Blakely#191Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #191 vs #1,407 in 2025
• Everleigh#194“wild boar + woodland clearing”^*
• June#150From the word “name”^*
• Vera#205“faith”^*

For a brother

• Weston#55Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #120 in 2015, #55 in 2025
• Graham#120“gravel + homestead”^*
• Everett#77Same root as Everard, meaning “wild boar + hard, brave”^*
• Kyrie#244Editor’s note Up from #333 in 2015 to #244 in 2025 in the US
• Dean#125“valley”^*
• Barrett#171Editor’s note 2,138 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Bexley’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.