Meaning not yet researched.
Dixie: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 130 in 2025. Its best rank was #167 in 1938.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #167 in 1938; #1,605 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Dixie in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,605 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1938, at #167.
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Dixie: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 130 girls in 2025. Peak: #167 in 1938 · most girls in one year: 1,229 (1938).
In 2025, 130 US girls were named Dixie, making it the 1,605th most common girls’ name of the year, down 37 places from #1,568 in 2024. That is 5 fewer than the 135 girls named Dixie in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #167, reached in 1938. That year also had the most girls given the name: 1,229. For comparison, it was #934 in 2015 and #295 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Dixie in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 15 babies with the name. In all, 45,373 US babies have been given the name, 98% of them girls and 1.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1940s, with 10,062 babies named Dixie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,133 US girls were named Dixie; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 259. In 2025 that was about 1 in 12,364 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Dixie ranked highest in Oklahoma in 2025, at #564 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Dixi, Dixee and Dyxie are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Dixi (60), Dixee (16), Dyxie (6), Dixy (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Dixie in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 41 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 7 | #564 | #538 |
| Louisiana | 6 | #697 | — |
| Utah | 5 | #736 | #465 |
| Missouri | 6 | #838 | #448 |
| Ohio | 10 | #902 | #802 |
| Indiana | 5 | #1,087 | #486 |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,178 | #383 |
| North Carolina | 5 | #1,516 | #783 |
| Texas | 10 | #2,081 | #879 |
| California | 5 | #3,222 | #2,360 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 130 | #1,605 | — | — |
| 2024 | 135 | #1,568 | — | — |
| 2023 | 197 | #1,210 | — | — |
| 2022 | 207 | #1,167 | — | — |
| 2021 | 237 | #1,063 | — | — |
| 2020 | 229 | #1,079 | — | — |
| 2019 | 259 | #997 | — | — |
| 2018 | 257 | #1,011 | — | — |
| 2017 | 226 | #1,116 | — | — |
| 2016 | 256 | #1,035 | — | — |
| 2015 | 290 | #934 | — | — |
| 2014 | 345 | #808 | — | — |
| 2013 | 293 | #883 | — | — |
| 2012 | 313 | #853 | — | — |
| 2011 | 310 | #849 | — | — |
| 2010 | 282 | #921 | — | — |
| 2009 | 289 | #926 | — | — |
| 2008 | 278 | #963 | — | — |
| 2007 | 295 | #919 | — | — |
| 2006 | 148 | #1,490 | — | — |
| 2005 | 151 | #1,420 | — | — |
| 2004 | 116 | #1,670 | — | — |
| 2003 | 136 | #1,447 | — | — |
| 2002 | 124 | #1,522 | — | — |
| 2001 | 148 | #1,300 | — | — |
| 2000 | 114 | #1,559 | — | — |
| 1999 | 99 | #1,670 | — | — |
| 1998 | 81 | #1,891 | — | — |
| 1997 | 81 | #1,829 | — | — |
| 1996 | 108 | #1,498 | — | — |
| 1995 | 89 | #1,655 | — | — |
| 1994 | 95 | #1,599 | — | — |
| 1993 | 117 | #1,392 | — | — |
| 1992 | 100 | #1,554 | — | — |
| 1991 | 120 | #1,361 | — | — |
| 1990 | 105 | #1,489 | — | — |
| 1989 | 131 | #1,226 | — | — |
| 1988 | 79 | #1,648 | — | — |
| 1987 | 91 | #1,436 | — | — |
| 1986 | 75 | #1,590 | — | — |
| 1985 | 103 | #1,298 | — | — |
| 1984 | 113 | #1,175 | — | — |
| 1983 | 151 | #969 | — | — |
| 1982 | 125 | #1,127 | — | — |
| 1981 | 135 | #1,056 | 8 | #4,632 |
| 1980 | 172 | #889 | — | — |
| 1979 | 116 | #1,146 | 6 | #5,536 |
| 1978 | 140 | #987 | — | — |
| 1977 | 186 | #807 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1976 | 172 | #808 | — | — |
| 1975 | 203 | #724 | — | — |
| 1974 | 182 | #766 | — | — |
| 1973 | 187 | #747 | 5 | #5,295 |
| 1972 | 190 | #734 | — | — |
| 1971 | 153 | #877 | — | — |
| 1970 | 160 | #845 | — | — |
| 1969 | 182 | #752 | — | — |
| 1968 | 157 | #804 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1967 | 160 | #787 | — | — |
| 1966 | 219 | #652 | — | — |
| 1965 | 208 | #680 | — | — |
| 1964 | 323 | #552 | — | — |
| 1963 | 348 | #522 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1962 | 361 | #512 | 5 | #4,206 |
| 1961 | 381 | #497 | — | — |
| 1960 | 457 | #457 | 5 | #4,174 |
| 1959 | 490 | #433 | 5 | #4,137 |
| 1958 | 494 | #421 | 6 | #3,640 |
| 1957 | 610 | #367 | 10 | #2,691 |
| 1956 | 627 | #347 | 8 | #3,026 |
| 1955 | 649 | #335 | — | — |
| 1954 | 747 | #310 | 9 | #2,793 |
| 1953 | 942 | #265 | 14 | #2,119 |
| 1952 | 771 | #291 | 9 | #2,726 |
| 1951 | 752 | #286 | 10 | #2,538 |
| 1950 | 687 | #295 | 5 | #3,816 |
| 1949 | 849 | #263 | 12 | #2,253 |
| 1948 | 865 | #256 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 1947 | 1,063 | #228 | 8 | #2,926 |
| 1946 | 986 | #228 | 13 | #2,055 |
| 1945 | 884 | #215 | 10 | #2,286 |
| 1944 | 944 | #208 | 16 | #1,758 |
| 1943 | 1,044 | #202 | 23 | #1,470 |
| 1942 | 1,061 | #193 | 23 | #1,476 |
| 1941 | 1,046 | #181 | 15 | #1,835 |
| 1940 | 1,170 | #171 | 15 | #1,823 |
| 1939 | 1,175 | #169 | 13 | #1,984 |
| 1938 | 1,229 | #167 | 17 | #1,704 |
| 1937 | 1,161 | #174 | 12 | #2,112 |
| 1936 | 1,105 | #174 | 12 | #2,089 |
| 1935 | 930 | #188 | 21 | #1,502 |
| 1934 | 833 | #214 | 18 | #1,675 |
| 1933 | 646 | #240 | 12 | #2,120 |
| 1932 | 629 | #247 | 19 | #1,665 |
| 1931 | 617 | #244 | 13 | #2,124 |
| 1930 | 512 | #291 | 20 | #1,658 |
| 1929 | 358 | #343 | 15 | #2,025 |
| 1928 | 387 | #343 | 17 | #1,920 |
| 1927 | 372 | #349 | 20 | #1,758 |
| 1926 | 369 | #347 | 15 | #2,095 |
| 1925 | 340 | #372 | 17 | #1,950 |
| 1924 | 388 | #339 | 13 | #2,376 |
| 1923 | 330 | #367 | 11 | #2,660 |
| 1922 | 306 | #372 | 27 | #1,440 |
| 1921 | 322 | #376 | 11 | #2,673 |
| 1920 | 326 | #364 | 21 | #1,710 |
| 1919 | 307 | #369 | 24 | #1,494 |
| 1918 | 350 | #352 | 22 | #1,613 |
| 1917 | 255 | #395 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 1916 | 235 | #407 | 10 | #2,595 |
| 1915 | 206 | #422 | 14 | #1,995 |
| 1914 | 164 | #414 | 9 | #2,318 |
| 1913 | 155 | #389 | 9 | #1,982 |
| 1912 | 129 | #410 | 8 | #1,925 |
| 1911 | 92 | #425 | — | — |
| 1910 | 86 | #429 | — | — |
| 1909 | 87 | #391 | 7 | #1,183 |
| 1908 | 74 | #420 | — | — |
| 1907 | 67 | #435 | — | — |
| 1906 | 70 | #409 | 6 | #1,150 |
| 1905 | 53 | #465 | — | — |
| 1904 | 50 | #465 | 5 | #1,257 |
| 1903 | 57 | #422 | — | — |
| 1902 | 48 | #454 | — | — |
| 1901 | 32 | #540 | — | — |
| 1900 | 54 | #458 | — | — |
| 1899 | 45 | #434 | — | — |
| 1898 | 48 | #444 | 7 | #906 |
| 1897 | 34 | #498 | — | — |
| 1896 | 40 | #457 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1895 | 32 | #523 | — | — |
| 1894 | 38 | #451 | — | — |
| 1893 | 31 | #489 | — | — |
| 1892 | 36 | #454 | — | — |
| 1891 | 29 | #477 | — | — |
| 1890 | 41 | #397 | — | — |
| 1889 | 39 | #389 | 6 | #901 |
| 1888 | 38 | #397 | — | — |
| 1887 | 29 | #403 | 5 | #967 |
| 1886 | 22 | #464 | 7 | #782 |
| 1885 | 24 | #432 | — | — |
| 1884 | 27 | #386 | — | — |
| 1883 | 16 | #486 | — | — |
| 1882 | 20 | #408 | — | — |
| 1881 | 10 | #547 | — | — |
| 1880 | 15 | #437 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).