Dixie

#1,605 for girls in 2025, 130 births · Last seen for boys in 1981 at #4,509
Given to girls 98.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
1938 · 1,229 births
Debut · girls
15 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
44,621
since 1880

Dixie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Dixie has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #167, 1938girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,605130—
2024#1,568135—
2023#1,209197—
2022#1,166207—
2021#1,061237—
2020#1,078229—
2019#997259—
2018#1,009257—
2017#1,114226—
2016#1,034256—
2015#933290—
2014#808345—
2013#882293—
2012#852313—
2011#848310—
2010#919282—
2009#924289—
2008#962278—
2007#918295—
2006#1,488148—
2005#1,417151—
2004#1,667116—
2003#1,446136—
2002#1,520124—
2001#1,299148—
2000#1,558114—
1999#1,66799—
1998#1,88381—
1997#1,82881—
1996#1,498108—
1995#1,65189—
1994#1,59495—
1993#1,389117—
1992#1,548100—
1991#1,358120—
1990#1,479105—
1989#1,225131—
1988#1,63679—
1987#1,43391—
1986#1,58875—
1985#1,297103—
1984#1,173113—
1983#968151—
1982#1,126125—
1981#1,055135#4,5098
1980#889172—
1979#1,144116#5,3556
1978#986140—
1977#806186#5,8455
1976#807172—
1975#724203—
1974#765182—
1973#745187#5,1015
1972#734190—
1971#877153—
1970#844160—
1969#752182—
1968#804157#4,1365
1967#787160—
1966#652219—
1965#680208—
1964#552323—
1963#522348#3,6466
1962#512361#4,0335
1961#497381—
1960#457457#4,0385
1959#433490#3,9885
1958#421494#3,5596
1957#367610#2,63110
1956#347627#2,9698
1955#335649—
1954#310747#2,7439
1953#265942#2,09914
1952#291771#2,6809
1951#286752#2,49510
1950#295687#3,6815
1949#263849#2,22512
1948#256865#1,94315
1947#2281,063#2,8628
1946#228986#2,03013
1945#215884#2,24210
1944#208944#1,73816
1943#2021,044#1,46123
1942#1931,061#1,46723
1941#1811,046#1,82115
1940#1711,170#1,80215
1939#1691,175#1,95813
1938#1671,229#1,68917
1937#1741,161#2,08812
1936#1741,105#2,06212
1935#188930#1,49421
1934#213833#1,65818
1933#239646#2,09312
1932#247629#1,65119
1931#244617#2,10113
1930#291512#1,64420
1929#343358#2,00215
1928#342387#1,90217
1927#348372#1,74820
1926#347369#2,07415
1925#371340#1,93517
1924#339388#2,34713
1923#367330#2,61411
1922#372306#1,43427
1921#375322#2,63211
1920#364326#1,69421
1919#369307#1,48124
1918#352350#1,59622
1917#395255#2,28012
1916#407235#2,54310
1915#422206#1,96814
1914#414164#2,2719
1913#389155#1,9459
1912#410129#1,8858
1911#42492—
1910#42686—
1909#39187#1,1557
1908#41974—
1907#43467—
1906#40870#1,1116
1905#46453—
1904#46350#1,2055
1903#41957—
1902#45448—
1901#53832—
1900#45754—
1899#43345—
1898#44148#8857
1897#49734—
1896#45740#9826
1895#52032—
1894#45038—
1893#48731—
1892#45336—
1891#47529—
1890#39741—
1889#38839#8786
1888#39438—
1887#40329#9215
1886#45922#7587
1885#42824—
1884#38527—
1883#48016—
1882#40720—
1881#53910—
1880#43515—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Dixie was already there! It came in at #435, and was given to 15 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 16 girls a year got the name.

Where Dixie is popular in 1934

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Dixie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Dixie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Dixie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Dixie, so not publishedNHWashington: #114 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 482 girlsWAIdaho: #113 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 423 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Dixie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Dixie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #277 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,716 girlsMNIllinois: #174 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 1,206 girlsILWisconsin: #305 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,692 girlsWIMichigan: #229 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,033 girlsMINew York: #496 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 9,196 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Dixie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Dixie, so not publishedRIOregon: #137 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 628 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Dixie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Dixie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Dixie, so not publishedSDIowa: #82 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 385 girlsIAIndiana: #111 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 561 girlsINOhio: #187 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,451 girlsOHPennsylvania: #381 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 5,926 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Dixie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Dixie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #119 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 580 girlsCAUtah: #45 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 170 girlsUTColorado: #117 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 465 girlsCONebraska: #96 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 426 girlsNEMissouri: #68 for girls · 81 births · 1 in 334 girlsMOKentucky: #177 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 853 girlsKYWest Virginia: #217 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,308 girlsWVVirginia: #276 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,296 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Dixie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Dixie, so not publishedDEArizona: #147 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 526 girlsAZNew Mexico: #203 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 822 girlsNMKansas: #50 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 240 girlsKSArkansas: #159 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 695 girlsARTennessee: #283 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,231 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #200 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 1,139 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #242 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,599 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Dixie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #99 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 480 girlsOKLouisiana: #258 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,296 girlsLAMississippi: #277 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,779 girlsMSAlabama: #402 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,192 girlsALGeorgia: #400 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,328 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Dixie, so not publishedHITexas: #250 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 1,217 girlsTXFlorida: #312 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,335 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#45 · 1 in 170
  2. Kansas#50 · 1 in 240
  3. Missouri#68 · 1 in 334
  4. Iowa#82 · 1 in 385
  5. Nebraska#96 · 1 in 426

Best ever in a state: #27 in Utah, 1937.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#45261 in 170
Kansas#50551 in 240
Missouri#68811 in 334
Iowa#82471 in 385
Nebraska#96241 in 426
Oklahoma#99471 in 480
Indiana#111401 in 561
Idaho#11381 in 423
Washington#114191 in 482
Colorado#117171 in 465
California#119591 in 580
Oregon#13781 in 628
Arizona#14771 in 526
Arkansas#159271 in 695
Illinois#174411 in 1,206
Kentucky#177321 in 853
Ohio#187311 in 1,451
North Carolina#200321 in 1,139
New Mexico#20361 in 822
West Virginia#217141 in 1,308
Michigan#229181 in 2,033
South Carolina#242131 in 1,599
Texas#250471 in 1,217
Louisiana#258161 in 1,296
Virginia#276101 in 2,296
Minnesota#27771 in 2,716
Mississippi#277121 in 1,779
Tennessee#283121 in 2,231
Wisconsin#30561 in 3,692
Florida#31251 in 2,335
Pennsylvania#381121 in 5,926
Georgia#40071 in 4,328
Alabama#40271 in 4,192
New York#49691 in 9,196
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Dixie
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 37 spots since 2024 (#1,568 → #1,605)
  • 527 spots since 2020 (#1,078 → #1,605)
  • 672 spots since 2015 (#933 → #1,605)
  • Biggest jump: 570 spots in 2007 (#1,488 → #918)
  • Biggest drop: 205 spots in 1984 (#968 → #1,173)
Rise & fade · girls
58 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1938 at #167 (1,229 births)
  • Births halved by 1957, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 111 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 111 yrs · run 1880–1978
Share of babies · girls
1 in 898
  • Highest: 1 in 898 girls born in 1938 were named Dixie (0.11%)
  • Latest: 1 in 12,364 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 22.2% of all girls named Dixie (9,912) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s240#385 (1884)#432
1890s374#397 (1890)#461
1900s592#391 (1909)#445
1910s1,979#352 (1918)#401
1920s3,498#339 (1924)#357
1930s8,837#167 (1938)#211
1940s9,912#171 (1940)#215
1950s6,769#265 (1953)#335
1960s2,796#457 (1960)#622
1970s1,689#724 (1975)#843
1980s1,175#889 (1980)#1,239
1990s995#1,358 (1991)#1,590
2000s1,799#918 (2007)#1,320
2010s2,831#808 (2014)#940
2020s1,135#1,061 (2021)#1,281

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Dixie in 1934

girls
#213
833 births · 1 in 1,254 girls
boys
#1,658
18 births · 1 in 57,366 boys

Top girls' names in 1934

  1. #1Mary56,929
  2. #2Betty31,089
  3. #3Barbara29,239
  4. #4Shirley22,841
  5. #5Dorothy21,281
  6. #6Patricia20,844
  7. #7Joan19,465
  8. #8Margaret15,144
  9. #9Helen14,100
  10. #10Nancy13,520
  11. #213Dixie833

Top boys' names in 1934

  1. #1Robert55,843
  2. #2James54,270
  3. #3John46,743
  4. #4William40,175
  5. #5Richard33,167
  6. #6Donald30,408
  7. #7Charles29,790
  8. #8George18,500
  9. #9Thomas17,373
  10. #10Joseph17,111
  11. #1,658Dixie18
More about 1934

girls

1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 1,254 of them was named Dixie, which outranked 95.7% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dixie
  1. #210Lila844
  2. #211Myrna836
  3. #212Irma835
  4. #213Dixie833
  5. #213Ada833
  6. #215Muriel829
  7. #216Iris823
  8. #217Laverne820

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

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. ↑ 571Luann#1,442 → #871
  2. ↑ 469Alison#1,442 → #973
  3. ↑ 439Golda#1,364 → #925
  4. ↑ 350Ronald#1,244 → #894
  5. ↑ 346Gale#1,102 → #756
Fallers
  1. ↓ 685Nira#463 → #1,148
  2. ↓ 342Vina#782 → #1,124
  3. ↓ 316Zita#947 → #1,263
  4. ↓ 299Myrtie#834 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 278Theola#985 → #1,263

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

boys

1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 57,366 of them was named Dixie, which outranked 60.6% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dixie
  1. #1,608Rojelio19
  2. #1,608Simmie19
  3. #1,608Walt19
  4. #1,658Dixie18
  5. #1,658Adrain18
  6. #1,658Americo18
  7. #1,658Amon18
  8. #1,725Adalberto17
  9. #1,725Anastacio17
  10. #1,725Ardis17

Tied with 66 names at #1,658; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. ↑ 746Lanny#1,361 → #615
  2. ↑ 630Kerry#1,586 → #956
  3. ↑ 620Marland#1,456 → #836
  4. ↑ 404Kirk#1,202 → #798
  5. ↑ 350Valentin#1,281 → #931
Fallers
  1. ↓ 730Neville#995 → #1,725
  2. ↓ 616Garner#770 → #1,386
  3. ↓ 520Vivian#905 → #1,425
  4. ↓ 488Finis#869 → #1,357
  5. ↓ 464Malcom#961 → #1,425

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

See the top 100 for 1934 →