Dixon

Last seen for girls in 2016 at #16,215 · #3,128 for boys in 2025, 38 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
#781
1881 · 6 births
Debut · boys
1881
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,079
since 1881

Dixon over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Dixon has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015peak #781, 1881boys
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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—#3,12838
2024—#2,67449
2023—#2,89543
2022—#3,05340
2021—#3,65130
2020—#2,11366
2019—#2,46454
2018—#2,30058
2017—#2,21760
2016#16,2155#1,93675
2015—#2,03670
2014—#1,92075
2013—#2,13962
2012—#2,35854
2011—#2,20359
2010—#2,28756
2009—#2,52850
2008—#3,10337
2007—#3,18835
2006—#3,22733
2005—#2,80338
2004—#2,95334
2003—#2,78035
2002—#3,45025
2001—#3,72122
2000—#2,62135
1999—#2,60833
1998—#2,85128
1997—#2,98125
1996—#2,18338
1995—#2,68527
1994—#2,95124
1993—#2,78625
1992—#2,74725
1991—#3,10520
1990—#3,97114
1989—#2,54525
1988—#3,07917
1987—#3,33914
1986—#3,00516
1985—#4,3339
1984—#4,5528
1983—#2,40820
1982—#4,2349
1981—#3,41212
1980—#2,61718
1979—#2,77716
1978——
1977—#2,91014
1976—#3,26411
1975—#2,75114
1974—#2,94612
1973—#2,31117
1972—#2,32316
1971—#2,36616
1970—#2,73912
1969—#2,13016
1968—#1,73121
1967—#2,24213
1966—#1,96316
1965—#1,85618
1964—#1,97517
1963—#2,11515
1962—#1,80520
1961—#1,63524
1960—#1,52328
1959—#1,58825
1958—#1,67722
1957—#1,45729
1956—#1,33533
1955—#1,39630
1954—#1,46627
1953—#1,21438
1952—#1,61522
1951—#1,19537
1950—#1,46425
1949—#1,70219
1948—#1,25633
1947—#1,29732
1946—#1,32728
1945—#1,63317
1944—#1,25528
1943—#1,28029
1942—#1,22832
1941—#1,53220
1940—#1,20831
1939—#1,45821
1938—#1,27527
1937—#1,40323
1936—#1,29626
1935—#1,53820
1934—#1,65818
1933—#1,70717
1932—#1,71618
1931—#1,45823
1930—#1,96415
1929—#1,79318
1928—#1,52224
1927—#1,74820
1926—#1,78719
1925—#1,58323
1924—#1,57724
1923—#1,38528
1922—#1,59123
1921—#1,90418
1920—#1,50525
1919—#2,38512
1918—#1,34328
1917—#2,18813
1916—#2,04314
1915—#1,50521
1914—#1,44118
1913—#2,0928
1912—#2,2696
1911—#1,7405
1910—#1,5895
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First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Dixon! It came in at #781, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1882–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Dixon is popular in 2015

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedINOhio: #1,201 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 12,058 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedCAUtah: #562 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,036 boysUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedARTennessee: #915 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,308 boysTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedHITexas: #2,391 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 37,616 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Dixon, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#562 · 1 in 3,036
  2. Tennessee#915 · 1 in 7,308
  3. Ohio#1,201 · 1 in 12,058
  4. Texas#2,391 · 1 in 37,616

Best ever in a state: #257 in Utah, 1952.

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Utah#56271 in 3,036
Tennessee#91551 in 7,308
Ohio#1,20151 in 12,058
Texas#2,39151 in 37,616
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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 Dixon
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 454 spots since 2024 (#2,674 → #3,128)
  • 1,015 spots since 2020 (#2,113 → #3,128)
  • 1,092 spots since 2015 (#2,036 → #3,128)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1881 at #781 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1881
Share of babies · boys
1 in 16,789
  • Highest: 1 in 16,789 boys born in 1881 were named Dixon (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 44,949 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 20.2% of all boys named Dixon (623) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#781 (1881)#781
1890s0——
1900s0——
1910s130#1,343 (1918)#1,860
1920s222#1,385 (1923)#1,640
1930s208#1,275 (1938)#1,547
1940s269#1,208 (1940)#1,372
1950s288#1,195 (1951)#1,441
1960s188#1,523 (1960)#1,898
1970s128#2,311 (1973)#2,710
1980s148#2,408 (1983)#3,352
1990s259#2,183 (1996)#2,887
2000s344#2,528 (2009)#3,037
2010s623#1,920 (2014)#2,186
2020s266#2,113 (2020)#2,919

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.

Dixon in 2015

boys
#2,036
70 births · 1 in 27,382 boys

Top boys' names in 2015

  1. #1Noah19,680
  2. #2Liam18,410
  3. #3Mason16,675
  4. #4Jacob16,005
  5. #5William15,950
  6. #6Ethan15,103
  7. #7James14,865
  8. #8Alexander14,584
  9. #9Michael14,504
  10. #10Benjamin13,732
  11. #2,036Dixon70
More about 2015

boys

1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 27,382 of them was named Dixon, which outranked 85.5% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dixon
  1. #2,019Roscoe71
  2. #2,019Tye71
  3. #2,019Tylen71
  4. #2,036Dixon70
  5. #2,036Blair70
  6. #2,036Crue70
  7. #2,036Darin70
  8. #2,055Ahmari69
  9. #2,055Breckin69
  10. #2,055Camari69

Tied with 18 names at #2,036; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,348Riaan#2,277 → #929
  2. ↑ 397Huxley#1,355 → #958
  3. ↑ 355Wilder#1,313 → #958
  4. ↑ 284Jaziel#1,218 → #934
  5. ↑ 268Canaan#1,074 → #806
Fallers
  1. ↓ 676Arnav#891 → #1,567
  2. ↓ 262Jayse#906 → #1,168
  3. ↓ 239Neymar#551 → #790
  4. ↓ 228Rylee#877 → #1,105
  5. ↓ 204Johnathon#915 → #1,119

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

See the top 100 for 2015 →