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
- Peak · boys
- 1947 · 192 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,459since 1916
Dickie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | — | #7,422 | 6 | |
| 1991 | — | #6,519 | 7 | |
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| 1989 | — | #6,229 | 7 | |
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| 1985 | — | #4,333 | 9 | |
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| 1983 | — | #4,141 | 9 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,619 | 6 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,961 | 7 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,615 | 11 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,897 | 15 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,134 | 22 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,361 | 19 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,329 | 19 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,205 | 20 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,983 | 22 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,928 | 22 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,771 | 25 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,597 | 30 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,658 | 27 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,221 | 42 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,100 | 46 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,003 | 52 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,282 | 35 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,233 | 38 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,384 | 32 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,151 | 45 | |
| 1962 | — | #953 | 63 | |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | #882 | 75 |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #833 | 83 |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #926 | 68 |
| 1958 | — | #907 | 69 | |
| 1957 | — | #722 | 107 | |
| 1956 | — | #720 | 103 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #685 | 115 |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 | #682 | 112 |
| 1953 | #2,431 | 19 | #696 | 105 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | #607 | 135 |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | #623 | 128 |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | #586 | 134 |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 | #533 | 155 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #557 | 144 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 | #483 | 192 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | #529 | 146 |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 | #497 | 144 |
| 1944 | #2,287 | 15 | #512 | 140 |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 | #497 | 155 |
| 1942 | #2,214 | 16 | #489 | 158 |
| 1941 | #2,397 | 13 | #520 | 130 |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #487 | 140 |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | #506 | 125 |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | #514 | 127 |
| 1937 | — | #532 | 118 | |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | #542 | 112 |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #536 | 116 |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #637 | 88 |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | #668 | 77 |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #746 | 70 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | #910 | 50 |
| 1930 | — | #1,080 | 41 | |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | #1,138 | 37 |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | #1,254 | 33 |
| 1927 | — | #1,796 | 19 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,515 | 24 | |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | #2,435 | 12 |
| 1924 | — | #2,473 | 12 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,467 | 7 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,532 | 7 | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | — | |
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| 1916 | — | #3,897 | 5 | |
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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.
Where Dickie is popular in 1916
No state had 5 or more boys named Dickie in 1916, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Dickie
- 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)
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1947 at #483 (192 births)
- Births halved by 1958, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1931–1962
- 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
- 33.7% of all boys named Dickie (1,504) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1921, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #3,897 (1916) | #3,897 |
| 1920s | 151 | #1,138 (1929) | #2,201 |
| 1930s | 924 | #506 (1939) | #667 |
| 1940s | 1,504 | #483 (1947) | #510 |
| 1950s | 1,076 | #586 (1950) | #715 |
| 1960s | 511 | #833 (1960) | #1,104 |
| 1970s | 221 | #1,597 (1971) | #2,086 |
| 1980s | 49 | #3,615 (1980) | #4,816 |
| 1990s | 18 | #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 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 178,016 of them was named Dickie, which outranked 14.1% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 638 names at #3,897; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.