Bexley

A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning beekeeper's clearing or meadow.

Babies a year
325
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
#963
new to the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

How Bexley has moved

US popularity rank, 2016–2025. Lower is more popular.
#672#862#1052201620202025#963

View as table
YearUS rank
2016#972
2017#925
2018#908
2019#949
2020#845
2021#752
2022#897
2025#963

Bexley by the numbers

Bexley was given to 325 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Bexley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Baxleybadger clearing; a surname used as a given name8 in the US (2017)
  • Brexley71 in the US (2017)
  • Bexlee34 in the US (2017)
  • Baileybailiff or steward of a castle2,561 in the US (2017)
  • Belenbethlehem; derived from place name367 in the US (2017)
  • Bellebeautiful105 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Bexley

Names that are said the same way as Bexley, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Other names that mean a meadow or field

Like Bexley, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
  • Savannahgrassy plain; treeless plain5,231 in the US (2017)
  • Kinsleyfrom the king's meadow; an English place name used as given name4,048 in the US (2017)
  • Haileyhay meadow; form of Hayley3,691 in the US (2017)
  • Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)
  • Everlywild boar meadow; form of Everley3,510 in the US (2017)

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