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 1941
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Mexico#228 · 1 in 1,204
- Arkansas#239 · 1 in 1,977
- Oklahoma#265 · 1 in 2,414
- Missouri#295 · 1 in 3,877
- Indiana#313 · 1 in 5,017
Best ever in a state: #182 in Kansas, 1940.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #228 | 5 | 1 in 1,204 |
| Arkansas | #239 | 10 | 1 in 1,977 |
| Oklahoma | #265 | 9 | 1 in 2,414 |
| Missouri | #295 | 8 | 1 in 3,877 |
| Indiana | #313 | 6 | 1 in 5,017 |
| Kentucky | #339 | 7 | 1 in 4,066 |
| Texas | #372 | 21 | 1 in 3,167 |
| Illinois | #418 | 7 | 1 in 9,131 |
| North Carolina | #496 | 5 | 1 in 7,740 |
| California | #547 | 5 | 1 in 11,714 |
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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
- 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 1941
Top girls' names in 1941
Top boys' names in 1941
More about 1941
girls
1,208,119 girls got a published name in 1941; 1 in 92,932 of them was named Dickie, which outranked 52.9% of the 5,085 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,272Wyona14
- #2,272Zandra14
- #2,272Zina14
- #2,397Dickie13
- #2,397Adriane13
- #2,397Aggie13
- #2,397Aleda13
- #2,532Aletta12
- #2,532Allyn12
- #2,532Alvin12
Tied with 134 names at #2,397; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,228,318 boys got a published name in 1941; 1 in 9,449 of them was named Dickie, which outranked 87.0% of the 4,002 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #516Delmer131
- #516Rodolfo131
- #516Vaughn131
- #520Dickie130
- #520Earle130
- #520Eli130
- #520Lenard130
- #525Alphonse129
- #526Evan128
- #527Alberto127
Tied with 4 names at #520; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.