Dickie

Last seen for girls in 1961 at #5,851 · Last seen for boys in 1993 at #8,700
Given to boys 94.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1947 · 192 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,459
since 1916

Dickie over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201933peak #2,214, 1942peak #483, 1947girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1993#8,7005
1992#7,4226
1991#6,5197
1990
1989#6,2297
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1985#4,3339
1984
1983#4,1419
1982#5,6196
1981#4,9617
1980#3,61511
1979#2,89715
1978#2,13422
1977#2,36119
1976#2,32919
1975#2,20520
1974#1,98322
1973#1,92822
1972#1,77125
1971#1,59730
1970#1,65827
1969#1,22142
1968#1,10046
1967#1,00352
1966#1,28235
1965#1,23338
1964#1,38432
1963#1,15145
1962#95363
1961#5,8516#88275
1960#6,3905#83383
1959#6,2455#92668
1958#90769
1957#722107
1956#720103
1955#5,8285#685115
1954#3,49011#682112
1953#2,43119#696105
1952#4,4837#607135
1951#4,0118#623128
1950#4,3157#586134
1949#4,2357#533155
1948#4,6516#557144
1947#2,89813#483192
1946#3,6658#529146
1945#2,59812#497144
1944#2,28715#512140
1943#2,69512#497155
1942#2,21416#489158
1941#2,39713#520130
1940#3,5037#487140
1939#3,4297#506125
1938#3,4507#514127
1937#532118
1936#3,3767#542112
1935#3,7426#536116
1934#3,8026#63788
1933#3,4067#66877
1932#4,4115#74670
1931#3,4977#91050
1930#1,08041
1929#4,0536#1,13837
1928#3,4368#1,25433
1927#1,79619
1926#1,51524
1925#4,4266#2,43512
1924#2,47312
1923#3,4677
1922#3,5327
1921#4,4646
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1916#3,8975
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First appearance
1916

The first year at least five boys were named Dickie! It came in at #3,897, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1916–1921, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1993
  • Biggest jump: 170 spots in 1931 (#1,080#910)
  • Biggest drop: 198 spots in 1963 (#953#1,151)
Rise & fade · boys
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1916
  • Peaked 1947 at #483 (192 births)
  • Births halved by 1958, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 32 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1931–1962
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,280
  • Highest: 1 in 8,280 boys born in 1940 were named Dickie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 392,266 boys born in 1993 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #483 in 1947, was only 1 in 9,529 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1940s
  • 33.7% of all boys named Dickie (1,504) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1922
  • Mostly girls until 1921, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#3,897 (1916)#3,897
1920s151#1,138 (1929)#2,201
1930s924#506 (1939)#667
1940s1,504#483 (1947)#510
1950s1,076#586 (1950)#715
1960s511#833 (1960)#1,104
1970s221#1,597 (1971)#2,086
1980s49#3,615 (1980)#4,816
1990s18#6,519 (1991)#7,547

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.

Dickie in 1933

girls
#3,406
7 births · 1 in 143,990 girls
boys
#668
77 births · 1 in 12,877 boys

Top girls' names in 1933

  1. #1Mary55,517
  2. #2Betty31,531
  3. #3Barbara26,949
  4. #4Dorothy22,054
  5. #5Joan19,294
  6. #6Patricia18,632
  7. #7Margaret15,241
  8. #8Helen14,644
  9. #9Shirley14,320
  10. #10Doris12,025
  11. #3,406Dickie7

Top boys' names in 1933

  1. #1Robert54,221
  2. #2James51,112
  3. #3John46,224
  4. #4William39,049
  5. #5Richard31,331
  6. #6Charles28,991
  7. #7Donald28,450
  8. #8George18,356
  9. #9Joseph17,162
  10. #10Thomas16,508
  11. #668Dickie77
More about 1933

girls

1,007,932 girls got a published name in 1933; 1 in 143,990 of them was named Dickie, which outranked 29.9% of the 4,858 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dickie
  1. #3,109Zara8
  2. #3,109Zell8
  3. #3,109Zonia8
  4. #3,406Dickie7
  5. #3,406Adelfa7
  6. #3,406Alaine7
  7. #3,406Alan7
  8. #3,753Adalene6
  9. #3,753Adelita6
  10. #3,753Adria6

Tied with 346 names at #3,406; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. 1,022Rheta#1,754#732
  2. 930Joellen#1,877#947
  3. 583Veola#1,568#985
  4. 483Sharlene#1,162#679
  5. 475Louetta#1,448#973
Fallers
  1. 395Golda#969#1,364
  2. 322Louis#940#1,262
  3. 298Bebe#899#1,197
  4. 291Clyde#998#1,289
  5. 291Mariam#998#1,289

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

991,524 boys got a published name in 1933; 1 in 12,877 of them was named Dickie, which outranked 83.9% of the 4,156 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dickie
  1. #664Lucius78
  2. #664Rayford78
  3. #664Reynold78
  4. #668Dickie77
  5. #668Andre77
  6. #668Blair77
  7. #668Carter77
  8. #677Alvie76
  9. #677Barton76
  10. #677Darold76

Tied with 8 names at #668; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. 553Neville#1,548#995
  2. 401Cordell#1,286#885
  3. 381Hamilton#1,286#905
  4. 375Delano#677#302
  5. 313Jan#937#624
Fallers
  1. 568Hoover#793#1,361
  2. 541Porfirio#915#1,456
  3. 424Rosendo#937#1,361
  4. 381Alfonzo#821#1,202
  5. 368Hillard#862#1,230

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1933