Dicky
Last seen for boys in 1980 at #6,250
- Peak · boys
- 1947 · 37 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 975since 1925
Dicky over time
Rank among boys' names. Dicky has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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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| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
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| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
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| 1972 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #3,071 | 10 |
| 1969 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | #2,311 | 13 |
| 1967 | #2,242 | 13 |
| 1966 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #2,178 | 14 |
| 1964 | #2,310 | 13 |
| 1963 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1962 | #1,757 | 21 |
| 1961 | #1,635 | 24 |
| 1960 | #1,728 | 22 |
| 1959 | #1,759 | 21 |
| 1958 | #1,370 | 32 |
| 1957 | #1,278 | 37 |
| 1956 | #1,532 | 26 |
| 1955 | #1,273 | 35 |
| 1954 | #1,435 | 28 |
| 1953 | #1,231 | 37 |
| 1952 | #1,347 | 31 |
| 1951 | #1,519 | 24 |
| 1950 | #1,499 | 24 |
| 1949 | #1,227 | 34 |
| 1948 | #1,400 | 27 |
| 1947 | #1,190 | 37 |
| 1946 | #1,299 | 29 |
| 1945 | #1,270 | 27 |
| 1944 | #1,212 | 30 |
| 1943 | #1,308 | 28 |
| 1942 | #1,537 | 21 |
| 1941 | #1,532 | 20 |
| 1940 | #1,471 | 21 |
| 1939 | #1,458 | 21 |
| 1938 | #2,185 | 11 |
| 1937 | #2,088 | 12 |
| 1936 | #1,639 | 17 |
| 1935 | #1,422 | 23 |
| 1934 | #1,425 | 23 |
| 1933 | #1,997 | 13 |
| 1932 | #1,995 | 14 |
| 1931 | #1,693 | 18 |
| 1930 | #1,821 | 17 |
| 1929 | #2,317 | 12 |
| 1928 | #2,522 | 11 |
| 1927 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,741 | 6 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Dicky! It came in at #3,741, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1926, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Dicky
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1980
- Debuted 1925
- Peaked 1947 at #1,190 (37 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 44,895 boys born in 1934 were named Dicky (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 356,790 boys born in 1980 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,190 in 1947, was only 1 in 49,449 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 30.3% of all boys named Dicky (295) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 39 | #2,317 (1929) | #2,821 |
| 1930s | 169 | #1,422 (1935) | #1,772 |
| 1940s | 274 | #1,190 (1947) | #1,345 |
| 1950s | 295 | #1,231 (1953) | #1,424 |
| 1960s | 152 | #1,635 (1961) | #2,224 |
| 1970s | 41 | #2,813 (1971) | #4,056 |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,250 (1980) | #6,250 |
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.
Dicky in 1953
Top boys' names in 1953
More about 1953
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1,972,299 boys got a published name in 1953; 1 in 53,305 of them was named Dicky, which outranked 71.6% of the 4,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,214Octavio38
- #1,214Rosario38
- #1,214Thornton38
- #1,231Dicky37
- #1,231Benard37
- #1,231Ezzard37
- #1,231Girard37
- #1,245Caleb36
- #1,245Clarke36
- #1,245Danniel36
Tied with 13 names at #1,231; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.