Dixon
Last seen for girls in 2016 at #16,215 · #3,128 for boys in 2025, 38 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,079since 1881
Dixon over time
Rank among boys' names. Dixon has never cracked the top 700 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 | — | #3,128 | 38 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,674 | 49 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,895 | 43 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,053 | 40 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,651 | 30 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,113 | 66 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,464 | 54 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,300 | 58 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,217 | 60 | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #1,936 | 75 |
| 2015 | — | #2,036 | 70 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,920 | 75 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,139 | 62 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,358 | 54 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,203 | 59 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,287 | 56 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,528 | 50 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,103 | 37 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,188 | 35 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,227 | 33 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,803 | 38 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,953 | 34 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,780 | 35 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,450 | 25 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,721 | 22 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,621 | 35 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,608 | 33 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,851 | 28 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,981 | 25 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,183 | 38 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,685 | 27 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,951 | 24 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,786 | 25 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,747 | 25 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,105 | 20 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,971 | 14 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,545 | 25 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,079 | 17 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,339 | 14 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,005 | 16 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,333 | 9 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,552 | 8 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,408 | 20 | |
| 1982 | — | #4,234 | 9 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,412 | 12 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,617 | 18 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,777 | 16 | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | #2,910 | 14 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,264 | 11 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,751 | 14 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,946 | 12 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,311 | 17 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,323 | 16 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,366 | 16 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,739 | 12 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,130 | 16 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,731 | 21 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,242 | 13 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,963 | 16 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,856 | 18 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,975 | 17 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,115 | 15 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,805 | 20 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,635 | 24 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,523 | 28 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,588 | 25 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,677 | 22 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,457 | 29 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,335 | 33 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,396 | 30 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,466 | 27 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,214 | 38 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,615 | 22 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,195 | 37 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,464 | 25 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,702 | 19 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,256 | 33 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,297 | 32 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,327 | 28 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,633 | 17 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,255 | 28 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,280 | 29 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,228 | 32 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,532 | 20 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,208 | 31 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,458 | 21 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,275 | 27 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,403 | 23 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,296 | 26 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,538 | 20 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,658 | 18 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,707 | 17 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,716 | 18 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,458 | 23 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,964 | 15 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,793 | 18 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,522 | 24 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,748 | 20 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,787 | 19 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,583 | 23 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,577 | 24 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,385 | 28 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,591 | 23 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,904 | 18 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,505 | 25 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,385 | 12 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,343 | 28 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,188 | 13 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,043 | 14 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,505 | 21 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,441 | 18 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,092 | 8 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,269 | 6 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
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| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Dixon! It came in at #781, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Dixon
- 454 spots since 2024 (#2,674 → #3,128)
- 1,015 spots since 2020 (#2,113 → #3,128)
- 1,092 spots since 2015 (#2,036 → #3,128)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1881 at #781 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1881
- Highest: 1 in 16,789 boys born in 1881 were named Dixon (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 44,949 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 20.2% of all boys named Dixon (623) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #781 (1881) | #781 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 130 | #1,343 (1918) | #1,860 |
| 1920s | 222 | #1,385 (1923) | #1,640 |
| 1930s | 208 | #1,275 (1938) | #1,547 |
| 1940s | 269 | #1,208 (1940) | #1,372 |
| 1950s | 288 | #1,195 (1951) | #1,441 |
| 1960s | 188 | #1,523 (1960) | #1,898 |
| 1970s | 128 | #2,311 (1973) | #2,710 |
| 1980s | 148 | #2,408 (1983) | #3,352 |
| 1990s | 259 | #2,183 (1996) | #2,887 |
| 2000s | 344 | #2,528 (2009) | #3,037 |
| 2010s | 623 | #1,920 (2014) | #2,186 |
| 2020s | 266 | #2,113 (2020) | #2,919 |
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.
Dixon in 1942
Top boys' names in 1942
More about 1942
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1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 43,161 of them was named Dixon, which outranked 69.6% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,214Mervyn33
- #1,214Pierce33
- #1,214Wendel33
- #1,228Dixon32
- #1,228Arvel32
- #1,228Benjiman32
- #1,228Derek32
- #1,244Allie31
- #1,244Aron31
- #1,244Autry31
Tied with 15 names at #1,228; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.