Dexton

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 25 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
25
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Dexton by the numbers

Dexton was given to 25 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 35 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Dexton

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Daxtonson of David; a modern patronymic form992 in the US (2017)
  • Dentonvalley settlement; place name used as given name55 in the US (2017)
  • Delton16 in the US (2017)
  • Deyton16 in the US (2017)
  • Daltonsettlement in the valley886 in the US (2017)
  • Dexterright-handed or skillful346 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Dexton

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