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

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Peak · boys
1947 · 192 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,459
since 1916

Dickie over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201939peak #2,214, 1942peak #483, 1947girlsboys
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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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1993—#8,7005
1992—#7,4226
1991—#6,5197
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1983—#4,1419
1982—#5,6196
1981—#4,9617
1980—#3,61511
1979—#2,89715
1978—#2,13422
1977—#2,36119
1976—#2,32919
1975—#2,20520
1974—#1,98322
1973—#1,92822
1972—#1,77125
1971—#1,59730
1970—#1,65827
1969—#1,22142
1968—#1,10046
1967—#1,00352
1966—#1,28235
1965—#1,23338
1964—#1,38432
1963—#1,15145
1962—#95363
1961#5,8516#88275
1960#6,3905#83383
1959#6,2455#92668
1958—#90769
1957—#722107
1956—#720103
1955#5,8285#685115
1954#3,49011#682112
1953#2,43119#696105
1952#4,4837#607135
1951#4,0118#623128
1950#4,3157#586134
1949#4,2357#533155
1948#4,6516#557144
1947#2,89813#483192
1946#3,6658#529146
1945#2,59812#497144
1944#2,28715#512140
1943#2,69512#497155
1942#2,21416#489158
1941#2,39713#520130
1940#3,5037#487140
1939#3,4297#506125
1938#3,4507#514127
1937—#532118
1936#3,3767#542112
1935#3,7426#536116
1934#3,8026#63788
1933#3,4067#66877
1932#4,4115#74670
1931#3,4977#91050
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1929#4,0536#1,13837
1928#3,4368#1,25433
1927—#1,79619
1926—#1,51524
1925#4,4266#2,43512
1924—#2,47312
1923—#3,4677
1922—#3,5327
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First appearance
1916

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 1939

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedMNIllinois: #428 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 9,213 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedSDIowa: #291 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,046 boysIAIndiana: #310 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,296 boysINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #282 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,493 boysMOKentucky: #384 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,554 boysKYWest Virginia: #330 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,795 boysWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: #223 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,104 boysNMKansas: #243 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,195 boysKSArkansas: #355 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,623 boysARTennessee: #388 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,411 boysTNNorth Carolina: #489 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,236 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #294 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,979 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedHITexas: #403 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 3,463 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Dickie, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Mexico#223 · 1 in 1,104
  2. Kansas#243 · 1 in 2,195
  3. Missouri#282 · 1 in 3,493
  4. Iowa#291 · 1 in 4,046
  5. Oklahoma#294 · 1 in 2,979

Best ever in a state: #182 in Kansas, 1940.

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StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#22351 in 1,104
Kansas#24361 in 2,195
Missouri#28281 in 3,493
Iowa#29151 in 4,046
Oklahoma#29471 in 2,979
Indiana#31051 in 5,296
West Virginia#33051 in 3,795
Arkansas#35551 in 3,623
Kentucky#38461 in 4,554
Tennessee#38851 in 5,411
Texas#403171 in 3,463
Illinois#42861 in 9,213
North Carolina#48951 in 7,236
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Dickie
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1916
  • Peaked 1947 at #483 (192 births)
  • Births halved by 1958, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 32 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1931–1962
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,280
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1940s
  • 33.7% of all boys named Dickie (1,504) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1922
  • Mostly girls until 1921, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#3,897 (1916)#3,897
1920s151#1,138 (1929)#2,201
1930s924#506 (1939)#667
1940s1,504#483 (1947)#510
1950s1,076#586 (1950)#715
1960s511#833 (1960)#1,104
1970s221#1,597 (1971)#2,086
1980s49#3,615 (1980)#4,816
1990s18#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 1939

girls
#3,429
7 births · 1 in 156,659 girls
boys
#506
125 births · 1 in 8,855 boys

Top girls' names in 1939

  1. #1Mary54,900
  2. #2Barbara37,257
  3. #3Patricia29,701
  4. #4Betty23,639
  5. #5Shirley20,447
  6. #6Carol20,166
  7. #7Nancy19,723
  8. #8Judith16,625
  9. #9Dorothy15,169
  10. #10Margaret14,949
  11. #3,429Dickie7

Top boys' names in 1939

  1. #1Robert59,666
  2. #2James59,636
  3. #3John51,025
  4. #4William42,071
  5. #5Richard35,386
  6. #6Charles30,789
  7. #7David25,360
  8. #8Donald24,056
  9. #9Thomas22,129
  10. #10Ronald19,837
  11. #506Dickie125
More about 1939

girls

1,096,612 girls got a published name in 1939; 1 in 156,659 of them was named Dickie, which outranked 30.7% of the 4,950 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dickie
  1. #3,145Ysabel8
  2. #3,145Zana8
  3. #3,145Zara8
  4. #3,429Dickie7
  5. #3,429Abbey7
  6. #3,429Adalia7
  7. #3,429Adelyn7
  8. #3,782Adonna6
  9. #3,782Alan6
  10. #3,782Alfretta6

Tied with 352 names at #3,429; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1938
Risers
  1. ↑ 880April#1,805 → #925
  2. ↑ 865Karel#1,703 → #838
  3. ↑ 725Hedy#1,650 → #925
  4. ↑ 722Vivien#1,703 → #981
  5. ↑ 709Karon#1,547 → #838
Fallers
  1. ↓ 712Eulalia#972 → #1,684
  2. ↓ 446Shelvia#955 → #1,401
  3. ↓ 358Naoma#992 → #1,350
  4. ↓ 304Imelda#890 → #1,194
  5. ↓ 279Helaine#870 → #1,149

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

boys

1,106,852 boys got a published name in 1939; 1 in 8,855 of them was named Dickie, which outranked 87.2% of the 3,968 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dickie
  1. #503Connie126
  2. #503Evan126
  3. #503Rodolfo126
  4. #506Dickie125
  5. #506Forest125
  6. #508Burl124
  7. #508Gayle124
  8. #508Gaylord124

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1938
Risers
  1. ↑ 463Alfonzo#1,439 → #976
  2. ↑ 447Rod#1,439 → #992
  3. ↑ 443Estel#1,397 → #954
  4. ↑ 422Cameron#1,364 → #942
  5. ↑ 421Turner#1,337 → #916
Fallers
  1. ↓ 518Gonzalo#779 → #1,297
  2. ↓ 497Judge#992 → #1,489
  3. ↓ 396Melville#963 → #1,359
  4. ↓ 355Agustin#883 → #1,238
  5. ↓ 351Antone#921 → #1,272

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

See the top 100 for 1939 →