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
Dixie through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #435 among girls, with 15 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1938
    Peak, #167
    1,229 babies named Dixie, the most in any year.
  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.