Dickey
Last seen for boys in 1978 at #5,772
- Peak · boys
- 1941 · 36 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 918since 1922
Dickey over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Dickey has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
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| 1975 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,659 | 13 |
| 1971 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #3,282 | 9 |
| 1969 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | #2,311 | 13 |
| 1967 | #1,853 | 18 |
| 1966 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #2,476 | 11 |
| 1964 | #2,114 | 15 |
| 1963 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #2,364 | 12 |
| 1961 | #1,552 | 27 |
| 1960 | #1,772 | 21 |
| 1959 | #1,620 | 24 |
| 1958 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1957 | #1,583 | 25 |
| 1956 | #1,285 | 36 |
| 1955 | #1,419 | 29 |
| 1954 | #1,466 | 27 |
| 1953 | #1,592 | 23 |
| 1952 | #1,461 | 27 |
| 1951 | #1,462 | 26 |
| 1950 | #1,464 | 25 |
| 1949 | #1,702 | 19 |
| 1948 | #1,160 | 38 |
| 1947 | #1,316 | 31 |
| 1946 | #1,257 | 31 |
| 1945 | #1,406 | 22 |
| 1944 | #1,525 | 20 |
| 1943 | #1,431 | 24 |
| 1942 | #1,496 | 22 |
| 1941 | #1,091 | 36 |
| 1940 | #1,471 | 21 |
| 1939 | #1,489 | 20 |
| 1938 | #1,613 | 18 |
| 1937 | #1,444 | 22 |
| 1936 | #1,801 | 15 |
| 1935 | #1,422 | 23 |
| 1934 | #2,121 | 12 |
| 1933 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | #2,313 | 11 |
| 1931 | #2,328 | 11 |
| 1930 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #2,199 | 13 |
| 1928 | #2,659 | 10 |
| 1927 | #2,298 | 13 |
| 1926 | #3,139 | 8 |
| 1925 | #2,755 | 10 |
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| 1922 | #3,872 | 6 |
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First appearance
1922
The first year at least five boys were named Dickey! It came in at #3,872, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1923–1924, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1978
Rise & fade · boys
19 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1922
- Peaked 1941 at #1,091 (36 births)
- Births halved by 1958, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 34,120
- Highest: 1 in 34,120 boys born in 1941 were named Dickey (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,367 boys born in 1978 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1940s
- 28.8% of all boys named Dickey (264) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1920s | 60 | #2,199 (1929) | #2,820 |
| 1930s | 148 | #1,422 (1935) | #2,049 |
| 1940s | 264 | #1,091 (1941) | #1,386 |
| 1950s | 257 | #1,285 (1956) | #1,545 |
| 1960s | 142 | #1,552 (1961) | #2,361 |
| 1970s | 47 | #2,659 (1972) | #4,103 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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