Dixie

Where Dixie comes from

First attested in 1859. Unknown, but may come from the Mason-Dixon line, the boundary between the northern states and the southern states, or from the slang term dixie for a Louisiana $10 bill (equivalent to English tenner), in turn from French dix (ten).
— Wiktionary's entry for Dixie
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #435 among girls — 15 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1938
    Peak, #167
    1,229 babies named Dixie — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1939
    Dixie Carter born
    American actress
  4. 1957
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #367.
  5. 2001
    Dixie D'Amelio born
    American influencer
In the dictionary
  • A female given name transferred from the place name.
Namesakes
  • Dixie Carter · American actress, 1939–2010
  • Dixie D'Amelio · American influencer, born 2001
  • Dixie Bibb Graves · social scientist and politician, 1882–1965
  • Dixie Lee · American actress, dancer, and singer, 1909–1952
  • Dixie Carter · professional wrestling promoter and businesswoman, born 1964

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.