Dixie
#1,605 for girls in 2025, 130 births · Last seen for boys in 1981 at #4,509
Given to girls 98.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1938 · 1,229 births
- Debut · girls
- 15 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 44,621since 1880
Dixie over time
Rank among girls' names. Dixie has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,605 | 130 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,568 | 135 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,209 | 197 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,166 | 207 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,061 | 237 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,078 | 229 | — | |
| 2019 | #997 | 259 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,009 | 257 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,114 | 226 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,034 | 256 | — | |
| 2015 | #933 | 290 | — | |
| 2014 | #808 | 345 | — | |
| 2013 | #882 | 293 | — | |
| 2012 | #852 | 313 | — | |
| 2011 | #848 | 310 | — | |
| 2010 | #919 | 282 | — | |
| 2009 | #924 | 289 | — | |
| 2008 | #962 | 278 | — | |
| 2007 | #918 | 295 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,488 | 148 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,417 | 151 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,667 | 116 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,446 | 136 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,520 | 124 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,299 | 148 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,558 | 114 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,667 | 99 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,883 | 81 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,828 | 81 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,498 | 108 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,651 | 89 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,594 | 95 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,389 | 117 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,548 | 100 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,358 | 120 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,479 | 105 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,225 | 131 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,636 | 79 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,433 | 91 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,588 | 75 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,297 | 103 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,173 | 113 | — | |
| 1983 | #968 | 151 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,126 | 125 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,055 | 135 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #889 | 172 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,144 | 116 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #986 | 140 | — | |
| 1977 | #806 | 186 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #807 | 172 | — | |
| 1975 | #724 | 203 | — | |
| 1974 | #765 | 182 | — | |
| 1973 | #745 | 187 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #734 | 190 | — | |
| 1971 | #877 | 153 | — | |
| 1970 | #844 | 160 | — | |
| 1969 | #752 | 182 | — | |
| 1968 | #804 | 157 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #787 | 160 | — | |
| 1966 | #652 | 219 | — | |
| 1965 | #680 | 208 | — | |
| 1964 | #552 | 323 | — | |
| 1963 | #522 | 348 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #512 | 361 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #497 | 381 | — | |
| 1960 | #457 | 457 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #433 | 490 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #421 | 494 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #367 | 610 | #2,631 | 10 |
| 1956 | #347 | 627 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #335 | 649 | — | |
| 1954 | #310 | 747 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #265 | 942 | #2,099 | 14 |
| 1952 | #291 | 771 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #286 | 752 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #295 | 687 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #263 | 849 | #2,225 | 12 |
| 1948 | #256 | 865 | #1,943 | 15 |
| 1947 | #228 | 1,063 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | #228 | 986 | #2,030 | 13 |
| 1945 | #215 | 884 | #2,242 | 10 |
| 1944 | #208 | 944 | #1,738 | 16 |
| 1943 | #202 | 1,044 | #1,461 | 23 |
| 1942 | #193 | 1,061 | #1,467 | 23 |
| 1941 | #181 | 1,046 | #1,821 | 15 |
| 1940 | #171 | 1,170 | #1,802 | 15 |
| 1939 | #169 | 1,175 | #1,958 | 13 |
| 1938 | #167 | 1,229 | #1,689 | 17 |
| 1937 | #174 | 1,161 | #2,088 | 12 |
| 1936 | #174 | 1,105 | #2,062 | 12 |
| 1935 | #188 | 930 | #1,494 | 21 |
| 1934 | #213 | 833 | #1,658 | 18 |
| 1933 | #239 | 646 | #2,093 | 12 |
| 1932 | #247 | 629 | #1,651 | 19 |
| 1931 | #244 | 617 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1930 | #291 | 512 | #1,644 | 20 |
| 1929 | #343 | 358 | #2,002 | 15 |
| 1928 | #342 | 387 | #1,902 | 17 |
| 1927 | #348 | 372 | #1,748 | 20 |
| 1926 | #347 | 369 | #2,074 | 15 |
| 1925 | #371 | 340 | #1,935 | 17 |
| 1924 | #339 | 388 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1923 | #367 | 330 | #2,614 | 11 |
| 1922 | #372 | 306 | #1,434 | 27 |
| 1921 | #375 | 322 | #2,632 | 11 |
| 1920 | #364 | 326 | #1,694 | 21 |
| 1919 | #369 | 307 | #1,481 | 24 |
| 1918 | #352 | 350 | #1,596 | 22 |
| 1917 | #395 | 255 | #2,280 | 12 |
| 1916 | #407 | 235 | #2,543 | 10 |
| 1915 | #422 | 206 | #1,968 | 14 |
| 1914 | #414 | 164 | #2,271 | 9 |
| 1913 | #389 | 155 | #1,945 | 9 |
| 1912 | #410 | 129 | #1,885 | 8 |
| 1911 | #424 | 92 | — | |
| 1910 | #426 | 86 | — | |
| 1909 | #391 | 87 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | #419 | 74 | — | |
| 1907 | #434 | 67 | — | |
| 1906 | #408 | 70 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #464 | 53 | — | |
| 1904 | #463 | 50 | #1,205 | 5 |
| 1903 | #419 | 57 | — | |
| 1902 | #454 | 48 | — | |
| 1901 | #538 | 32 | — | |
| 1900 | #457 | 54 | — | |
| 1899 | #433 | 45 | — | |
| 1898 | #441 | 48 | #885 | 7 |
| 1897 | #497 | 34 | — | |
| 1896 | #457 | 40 | #982 | 6 |
| 1895 | #520 | 32 | — | |
| 1894 | #450 | 38 | — | |
| 1893 | #487 | 31 | — | |
| 1892 | #453 | 36 | — | |
| 1891 | #475 | 29 | — | |
| 1890 | #397 | 41 | — | |
| 1889 | #388 | 39 | #878 | 6 |
| 1888 | #394 | 38 | — | |
| 1887 | #403 | 29 | #921 | 5 |
| 1886 | #459 | 22 | #758 | 7 |
| 1885 | #428 | 24 | — | |
| 1884 | #385 | 27 | — | |
| 1883 | #480 | 16 | — | |
| 1882 | #407 | 20 | — | |
| 1881 | #539 | 10 | — | |
| 1880 | #435 | 15 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Dixie was already there! It came in at #435, and was given to 15 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 16 girls a year got the name.
See more about Dixie
- 37 spots since 2024 (#1,568 → #1,605)
- 527 spots since 2020 (#1,078 → #1,605)
- 672 spots since 2015 (#933 → #1,605)
- Biggest jump: 570 spots in 2007 (#1,488 → #918)
- Biggest drop: 205 spots in 1984 (#968 → #1,173)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1938 at #167 (1,229 births)
- Births halved by 1957, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 111 yrs · run 1880–1978
- Highest: 1 in 898 girls born in 1938 were named Dixie (0.11%)
- Latest: 1 in 12,364 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 22.2% of all girls named Dixie (9,912) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 240 | #385 (1884) | #432 |
| 1890s | 374 | #397 (1890) | #461 |
| 1900s | 592 | #391 (1909) | #445 |
| 1910s | 1,979 | #352 (1918) | #401 |
| 1920s | 3,498 | #339 (1924) | #357 |
| 1930s | 8,837 | #167 (1938) | #211 |
| 1940s | 9,912 | #171 (1940) | #215 |
| 1950s | 6,769 | #265 (1953) | #335 |
| 1960s | 2,796 | #457 (1960) | #622 |
| 1970s | 1,689 | #724 (1975) | #843 |
| 1980s | 1,175 | #889 (1980) | #1,239 |
| 1990s | 995 | #1,358 (1991) | #1,590 |
| 2000s | 1,799 | #918 (2007) | #1,320 |
| 2010s | 2,831 | #808 (2014) | #940 |
| 2020s | 1,135 | #1,061 (2021) | #1,281 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Dixie in 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
Top boys' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 3,212 of them was named Dixie, which outranked 93.8% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #344Cecile378
- #345Millie375
- #346Jacquelyn374
- #347Dixie369
- #347Mona369
- #347Robert369
- #350Bernadette368
- #351Hannah360
- #352Corrine358
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 74,034 of them was named Dixie, which outranked 57.1% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,981Wash16
- #1,981Waymond16
- #1,981Willaim16
- #2,074Dixie15
- #2,074Aden15
- #2,074Aime15
- #2,074Alberta15
- #2,186Agostino14
- #2,186Albion14
- #2,186Aldine14
Tied with 111 names at #2,074; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
- ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
- ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
- ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
- ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.