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Actually, Dexter currently ranks higher on the UK charts than the US charts (it's #174 in the UK and it was briefly in the top 100, while in the US it only ranks at #700 and its peak rank was #262). But I think you're right that its usage as a given name probably started in the US - it definitely sounds American to my ears. Plenty of names that originated in the US are now used in the UK.

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I've always associated the name with Dexter's Laboratory (mostly because I never watched Dexter), and because of that I've always seen it as a stereotypical nerd name, kind of like Melvin.

This message was edited 12/17/2024, 6:45 PM