Dixon
Dixon is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 49 births. Its best rank was 807th, in 1881.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 490.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 201475 births
- Best rank
- #807in 1881
- Since 1881
- 3,040people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,040 boys have been named Dixon in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2014, with 75 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1986, and the 2010s alone account for 20%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Dixon | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | |
| 1910s | 130 | |
| 1920s | 222 | |
| 1930s | 208 | |
| 1940s | 269 | |
| 1950s | 288 | |
| 1960s | 188 | |
| 1970s | 128 | |
| 1980s | 148 | |
| 1990s | 259 | |
| 2000s | 344 | |
| 2010s | 623 | |
| 2020s | 227 |
In 2014, its biggest year
Dixon was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2014 were Noah, Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. See all of 2014.
Names that rose and fell with Dixon
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lindenpeak 2024
- Vannpeak 2009
- Lyndenpeak 2014
- Langdonpeak 2005
- Burkepeak 2013
- Landispeak 2006
- Roycepeak 2021
- Nilespeak 1998
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.