Nixon
- #10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births
- #1,060 for boys in 2025, 206 births
- Given to boys 95.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2017 · 607 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,389since 1917
Nixon over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Nixon has never cracked the top 400 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 | #1,060 | 206 |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | #866 | 279 |
| 2023 | #6,409 | 18 | #882 | 264 |
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 | #733 | 354 |
| 2021 | #6,691 | 17 | #692 | 384 |
| 2020 | #6,629 | 17 | #650 | 411 |
| 2019 | #4,072 | 35 | #588 | 471 |
| 2018 | #5,152 | 25 | #500 | 573 |
| 2017 | #4,477 | 31 | #482 | 607 |
| 2016 | #5,130 | 26 | #519 | 570 |
| 2015 | #6,236 | 20 | #512 | 560 |
| 2014 | #5,797 | 22 | #587 | 470 |
| 2013 | #6,729 | 18 | #586 | 433 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | #652 | 365 |
| 2011 | #7,436 | 16 | #900 | 226 |
| 2010 | #8,701 | 13 | #1,031 | 188 |
| 2009 | #8,058 | 15 | #1,173 | 154 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #1,414 | 119 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | #1,848 | 78 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 | #1,840 | 74 |
| 2005 | — | #2,129 | 57 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,376 | 47 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,186 | 29 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,794 | 22 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,721 | 22 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,299 | 25 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,986 | 18 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,191 | 24 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,981 | 25 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,838 | 26 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,559 | 18 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,751 | 17 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,020 | 15 | |
| 1992 | — | #6,128 | 8 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,462 | 17 | |
| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,809 | 14 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,450 | 10 | |
| 1987 | — | #6,089 | 6 | |
| 1986 | — | #5,332 | 7 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,147 | 7 | |
| 1984 | — | #5,561 | 6 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,141 | 9 | |
| 1982 | — | #4,593 | 8 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,961 | 7 | |
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
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| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
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| 1970 | — | #3,836 | 7 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,861 | 10 | |
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| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,423 | 12 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,037 | 8 | |
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| 1955 | — | #2,764 | 9 | |
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| 1953 | — | #2,531 | 10 | |
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| 1944 | — | #2,862 | 7 | |
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| 1942 | — | #3,212 | 6 | |
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| 1940 | — | #3,130 | 6 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,449 | 9 | |
| 1938 | — | #3,534 | 5 | |
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| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
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| 1928 | — | #3,697 | 6 | |
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| 1925 | — | #3,741 | 6 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
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| 1922 | — | #3,872 | 6 | |
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| 1920 | — | #3,489 | 7 | |
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| 1918 | — | #4,179 | 5 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,545 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1917
The first year at least five boys were named Nixon! It came in at #3,545, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1918–1919, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Nixon is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Utah#233 · 1 in 894
- Idaho#332 · 1 in 1,233
- Nevada#443 · 1 in 1,882
- California#551 · 1 in 3,190
- Kansas#590 · 1 in 2,809
Best ever in a state: #62 in Hawaii, 2017.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #233 | 22 | 1 in 894 |
| Idaho | #332 | 7 | 1 in 1,233 |
| Nevada | #443 | 6 | 1 in 1,882 |
| California | #551 | 55 | 1 in 3,190 |
| Kansas | #590 | 5 | 1 in 2,809 |
| Arizona | #720 | 8 | 1 in 4,090 |
| Colorado | #849 | 5 | 1 in 5,370 |
| North Carolina | #936 | 8 | 1 in 6,434 |
| Washington | #999 | 5 | 1 in 6,560 |
| Texas | #1,169 | 18 | 1 in 9,725 |
| Georgia | #1,216 | 6 | 1 in 8,370 |
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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 Nixon
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 410 spots since 2020 (#650 → #1,060)
- Biggest jump: 248 spots in 2012
- Biggest drop: 194 spots in 2025
Rise & fade · boys
100 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 2017 at #482 (607 births)
- Births halved by 2023, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 14 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 2011–2024
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,049
- Highest: 1 in 3,049 boys born in 2017 were named Nixon (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,292 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 60.4% of all boys named Nixon (4,463) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 | #3,545 (1917) | #3,862 |
| 1920s | 32 | #3,489 (1920) | #3,661 |
| 1930s | 20 | #2,449 (1939) | #3,087 |
| 1940s | 19 | #2,862 (1944) | #3,068 |
| 1950s | 27 | #2,531 (1953) | #2,777 |
| 1960s | 27 | #2,423 (1960) | #3,116 |
| 1970s | 12 | #3,836 (1970) | #4,469 |
| 1980s | 79 | #3,809 (1989) | #5,033 |
| 1990s | 174 | #2,838 (1996) | #4,109 |
| 2000s | 627 | #1,173 (2009) | #2,478 |
| 2010s | 4,463 | #482 (2017) | #636 |
| 2020s | 1,898 | #650 (2020) | #814 |
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.
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