Dixon
Recorded 1881–2025 · United States
Dixon was most popular in 2016, when 80 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,124 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,717, with 38 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,084 people named Dixon.
Dixon over time
How old is the name Dixon?
Dixon first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1881, which makes it about 144 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 116 of the 145 years since.
How many people are named Dixon?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,084 American births named Dixon between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,244 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Dixon in 2025?
38 American babies were named Dixon in 2025, ranking #6,717 that year.
Is Dixon getting more or less popular?
Dixon is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 40 births a year, against 64 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -38% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Dixon a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Dixon is a boy’s name — 0.2% of the 3,084 Americans given it were girls and 99.8% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 1% girls and 99% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Dixon?
Roughly 2,244 Americans named Dixon are alive today — 73% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 23 years old, and half are between 11 and 53. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org