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Dixon: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 38 in 2025. Its best rank was #807 in 1881.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #807 in 1881; #3,145 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Dixon in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,145 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1881, at #807.
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Dixon: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 38 boys in 2025. Peak: #807 in 1881 · most boys in one year: 75 (2016).
In 2025, 38 US boys were named Dixon, making it the 3,145th most common boys’ name of the year, down 467 places from #2,678 in 2024. That is 11 fewer than the 49 boys named Dixon in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #807, reached in 1881. The most boys given the name in a single year was 75, in 2016. For comparison, it was #2,039 in 2015 and #1,476 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Dixon in 116 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 6 babies. In all, 3,084 US babies have been given the name, 0.2% of them girls and 99.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 628 babies named Dixon.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 513 US boys were named Dixon; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 75. In 2025 that was about 1 in 44,949 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 38 | #3,145 |
| 2024 | — | — | 49 | #2,678 |
| 2023 | — | — | 43 | #2,910 |
| 2022 | — | — | 40 | #3,067 |
| 2021 | — | — | 30 | #3,670 |
| 2020 | — | — | 66 | #2,120 |
| 2019 | — | — | 54 | #2,468 |
| 2018 | — | — | 58 | #2,310 |
| 2017 | — | — | 60 | #2,221 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,946 | 75 | #1,943 |
| 2015 | — | — | 70 | #2,039 |
| 2014 | — | — | 75 | #1,928 |
| 2013 | — | — | 62 | #2,145 |
| 2012 | — | — | 54 | #2,364 |
| 2011 | — | — | 59 | #2,210 |
| 2010 | — | — | 56 | #2,292 |
| 2009 | — | — | 50 | #2,538 |
| 2008 | — | — | 37 | #3,122 |
| 2007 | — | — | 35 | #3,203 |
| 2006 | — | — | 33 | #3,242 |
| 2005 | — | — | 38 | #2,812 |
| 2004 | — | — | 34 | #2,964 |
| 2003 | — | — | 35 | #2,802 |
| 2002 | — | — | 25 | #3,478 |
| 2001 | — | — | 22 | #3,749 |
| 2000 | — | — | 35 | #2,638 |
| 1999 | — | — | 33 | #2,627 |
| 1998 | — | — | 28 | #2,879 |
| 1997 | — | — | 25 | #3,010 |
| 1996 | — | — | 38 | #2,193 |
| 1995 | — | — | 27 | #2,704 |
| 1994 | — | — | 24 | #2,969 |
| 1993 | — | — | 25 | #2,802 |
| 1992 | — | — | 25 | #2,760 |
| 1991 | — | — | 20 | #3,143 |
| 1990 | — | — | 14 | #4,031 |
| 1989 | — | — | 25 | #2,559 |
| 1988 | — | — | 17 | #3,106 |
| 1987 | — | — | 14 | #3,384 |
| 1986 | — | — | 16 | #3,035 |
| 1985 | — | — | 9 | #4,422 |
| 1984 | — | — | 8 | #4,662 |
| 1983 | — | — | 20 | #2,433 |
| 1982 | — | — | 9 | #4,324 |
| 1981 | — | — | 12 | #3,468 |
| 1980 | — | — | 18 | #2,640 |
| 1979 | — | — | 16 | #2,806 |
| 1977 | — | — | 14 | #2,946 |
| 1976 | — | — | 11 | #3,324 |
| 1975 | — | — | 14 | #2,790 |
| 1974 | — | — | 12 | #2,995 |
| 1973 | — | — | 17 | #2,338 |
| 1972 | — | — | 16 | #2,350 |
| 1971 | — | — | 16 | #2,394 |
| 1970 | — | — | 12 | #2,772 |
| 1969 | — | — | 16 | #2,160 |
| 1968 | — | — | 21 | #1,745 |
| 1967 | — | — | 13 | #2,270 |
| 1966 | — | — | 16 | #1,984 |
| 1965 | — | — | 18 | #1,876 |
| 1964 | — | — | 17 | #1,993 |
| 1963 | — | — | 15 | #2,135 |
| 1962 | — | — | 20 | #1,820 |
| 1961 | — | — | 24 | #1,656 |
| 1960 | — | — | 28 | #1,531 |
| 1959 | — | — | 25 | #1,600 |
| 1958 | — | — | 22 | #1,696 |
| 1957 | — | — | 29 | #1,460 |
| 1956 | — | — | 33 | #1,342 |
| 1955 | — | — | 30 | #1,403 |
| 1954 | — | — | 27 | #1,472 |
| 1953 | — | — | 38 | #1,217 |
| 1952 | — | — | 22 | #1,630 |
| 1951 | — | — | 37 | #1,202 |
| 1950 | — | — | 25 | #1,476 |
| 1949 | — | — | 19 | #1,717 |
| 1948 | — | — | 33 | #1,263 |
| 1947 | — | — | 32 | #1,302 |
| 1946 | — | — | 28 | #1,334 |
| 1945 | — | — | 17 | #1,643 |
| 1944 | — | — | 28 | #1,261 |
| 1943 | — | — | 29 | #1,287 |
| 1942 | — | — | 32 | #1,231 |
| 1941 | — | — | 20 | #1,547 |
| 1940 | — | — | 31 | #1,214 |
| 1939 | — | — | 21 | #1,465 |
| 1938 | — | — | 27 | #1,285 |
| 1937 | — | — | 23 | #1,418 |
| 1936 | — | — | 26 | #1,302 |
| 1935 | — | — | 20 | #1,555 |
| 1934 | — | — | 18 | #1,676 |
| 1933 | — | — | 17 | #1,724 |
| 1932 | — | — | 18 | #1,734 |
| 1931 | — | — | 23 | #1,464 |
| 1930 | — | — | 15 | #1,992 |
| 1929 | — | — | 18 | #1,810 |
| 1928 | — | — | 24 | #1,534 |
| 1927 | — | — | 20 | #1,759 |
| 1926 | — | — | 19 | #1,809 |
| 1925 | — | — | 23 | #1,597 |
| 1924 | — | — | 24 | #1,589 |
| 1923 | — | — | 28 | #1,392 |
| 1922 | — | — | 23 | #1,600 |
| 1921 | — | — | 18 | #1,925 |
| 1920 | — | — | 25 | #1,513 |
| 1919 | — | — | 12 | #2,407 |
| 1918 | — | — | 28 | #1,352 |
| 1917 | — | — | 13 | #2,205 |
| 1916 | — | — | 14 | #2,071 |
| 1915 | — | — | 21 | #1,518 |
| 1914 | — | — | 18 | #1,453 |
| 1913 | — | — | 8 | #2,135 |
| 1912 | — | — | 6 | #2,348 |
| 1911 | — | — | 5 | #1,807 |
| 1910 | — | — | 5 | #1,653 |
| 1881 | — | — | 6 | #807 |
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).