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

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Peak · girls
1938 · 1,229 births
Debut · girls
15 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
44,621
since 1880

Dixie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Dixie has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201943peak #167, 1938girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,605130
2024#1,568135
2023#1,209197
2022#1,166207
2021#1,061237
2020#1,078229
2019#997259
2018#1,009257
2017#1,114226
2016#1,034256
2015#933290
2014#808345
2013#882293
2012#852313
2011#848310
2010#919282
2009#924289
2008#962278
2007#918295
2006#1,488148
2005#1,417151
2004#1,667116
2003#1,446136
2002#1,520124
2001#1,299148
2000#1,558114
1999#1,66799
1998#1,88381
1997#1,82881
1996#1,498108
1995#1,65189
1994#1,59495
1993#1,389117
1992#1,548100
1991#1,358120
1990#1,479105
1989#1,225131
1988#1,63679
1987#1,43391
1986#1,58875
1985#1,297103
1984#1,173113
1983#968151
1982#1,126125
1981#1,055135#4,5098
1980#889172
1979#1,144116#5,3556
1978#986140
1977#806186#5,8455
1976#807172
1975#724203
1974#765182
1973#745187#5,1015
1972#734190
1971#877153
1970#844160
1969#752182
1968#804157#4,1365
1967#787160
1966#652219
1965#680208
1964#552323
1963#522348#3,6466
1962#512361#4,0335
1961#497381
1960#457457#4,0385
1959#433490#3,9885
1958#421494#3,5596
1957#367610#2,63110
1956#347627#2,9698
1955#335649
1954#310747#2,7439
1953#265942#2,09914
1952#291771#2,6809
1951#286752#2,49510
1950#295687#3,6815
1949#263849#2,22512
1948#256865#1,94315
1947#2281,063#2,8628
1946#228986#2,03013
1945#215884#2,24210
1944#208944#1,73816
1943#2021,044#1,46123
1942#1931,061#1,46723
1941#1811,046#1,82115
1940#1711,170#1,80215
1939#1691,175#1,95813
1938#1671,229#1,68917
1937#1741,161#2,08812
1936#1741,105#2,06212
1935#188930#1,49421
1934#213833#1,65818
1933#239646#2,09312
1932#247629#1,65119
1931#244617#2,10113
1930#291512#1,64420
1929#343358#2,00215
1928#342387#1,90217
1927#348372#1,74820
1926#347369#2,07415
1925#371340#1,93517
1924#339388#2,34713
1923#367330#2,61411
1922#372306#1,43427
1921#375322#2,63211
1920#364326#1,69421
1919#369307#1,48124
1918#352350#1,59622
1917#395255#2,28012
1916#407235#2,54310
1915#422206#1,96814
1914#414164#2,2719
1913#389155#1,9459
1912#410129#1,8858
1911#42492
1910#42686
1909#39187#1,1557
1908#41974
1907#43467
1906#40870#1,1116
1905#46453
1904#46350#1,2055
1903#41957
1902#45448
1901#53832
1900#45754
1899#43345
1898#44148#8857
1897#49734
1896#45740#9826
1895#52032
1894#45038
1893#48731
1892#45336
1891#47529
1890#39741
1889#38839#8786
1888#39438
1887#40329#9215
1886#45922#7587
1885#42824
1884#38527
1883#48016
1882#40720
1881#53910
1880#43515
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
58 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1938 at #167 (1,229 births)
  • Births halved by 1957, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 111 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 111 yrs · run 1880–1978
Share of babies · girls
1 in 898
  • Highest: 1 in 898 girls born in 1938 were named Dixie (0.11%)
  • Latest: 1 in 12,364 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 22.2% of all girls named Dixie (9,912) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s240#385 (1884)#432
1890s374#397 (1890)#461
1900s592#391 (1909)#445
1910s1,979#352 (1918)#401
1920s3,498#339 (1924)#357
1930s8,837#167 (1938)#211
1940s9,912#171 (1940)#215
1950s6,769#265 (1953)#335
1960s2,796#457 (1960)#622
1970s1,689#724 (1975)#843
1980s1,175#889 (1980)#1,239
1990s995#1,358 (1991)#1,590
2000s1,799#918 (2007)#1,320
2010s2,831#808 (2014)#940
2020s1,135#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 1943

girls
#202
1,044 births · 1 in 1,336 girls
boys
#1,461
23 births · 1 in 62,056 boys

Top girls' names in 1943

  1. #1Mary66,174
  2. #2Barbara43,432
  3. #3Patricia39,620
  4. #4Linda38,439
  5. #5Carol31,686
  6. #6Sandra25,990
  7. #7Judith25,214
  8. #8Sharon24,712
  9. #9Nancy23,988
  10. #10Betty21,596
  11. #202Dixie1,044

Top boys' names in 1943

  1. #1James80,278
  2. #2Robert74,892
  3. #3John68,929
  4. #4William55,904
  5. #5Richard46,339
  6. #6David37,240
  7. #7Charles36,632
  8. #8Thomas32,874
  9. #9Ronald29,239
  10. #10Michael24,745
  11. #1,461Dixie23
More about 1943

girls

1,395,293 girls got a published name in 1943; 1 in 1,336 of them was named Dixie, which outranked 96.2% of the 5,367 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dixie
  1. #199Leona1,061
  2. #200Agnes1,054
  3. #201Velma1,046
  4. #202Dixie1,044
  5. #203Jeannette1,037
  6. #204Carmen1,036
  7. #205Dora1,022
Biggest movers since 1942
Risers
  1. 878Tana#1,559#681
  2. 754Rozanne#1,706#952
  3. 722Cheryle#1,592#870
  4. 596Tena#1,592#996
  5. 525Alexis#1,349#824
Fallers
  1. 594Florida#997#1,591
  2. 467Jerilynn#581#1,048
  3. 364Lorelei#864#1,228
  4. 308Kaaren#536#844
  5. 305Erna#864#1,169

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

boys

1,427,297 boys got a published name in 1943; 1 in 62,056 of them was named Dixie, which outranked 63.8% of the 4,040 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dixie
  1. #1,431Thurmon24
  2. #1,431Verlyn24
  3. #1,431Vernal24
  4. #1,461Dixie23
  5. #1,461Alfonza23
  6. #1,461Algie23
  7. #1,461Ann23
  8. #1,486Aldon22
  9. #1,486Anselmo22
  10. #1,486Arch22

Tied with 24 names at #1,461; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1942
Risers
  1. 514Derek#1,228#714
  2. 465Armond#1,421#956
  3. 368Les#1,214#846
  4. 347Aron#1,244#897
  5. 321Edsel#1,167#846
Fallers
  1. 500Humberto#780#1,280
  2. 352Chauncey#928#1,280
  3. 352Clearence#991#1,343
  4. 344Macarthur#512#856
  5. 325Reyes#933#1,258

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

See the top 100 for 1943