NameTides

Dixie

Dixie was the #1,605 girls' name in the US in 2025 (130 babies), and #2,138 in England & Wales.

Dixie as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Dixie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Dixie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#1,605 (130)#2,138 (13)——
2024#1,568 (135)#1,743 (17)——
2023#1,209 (197)#1,469 (21)—#2,900 (6)
2022#1,166 (207)#1,621 (18)——
2021#1,061 (237)#1,007 (34)#652 (4)—
2020#1,078 (229)#872 (41)—#2,591 (7)
2019#997 (259)#1,439 (21)#765 (3)#2,374 (8)
2018#1,009 (257)#1,393 (23)——
2017#1,114 (226)#1,258 (27)#808 (3)—
2016#1,034 (256)#1,211 (28)—#2,892 (6)
2015#933 (290)#942 (38)——
2014#808 (345)#859 (44)#603 (5)—
2013#882 (293)#1,128 (31)#816 (3)#2,595 (7)
2012#852 (313)#1,297 (25)——
2011#848 (310)#1,665 (17)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1938 at #167.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • In 1981, 94% of US babies named Dixie were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 12,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 12,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 20,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Dixie is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 15,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 12,000 to 1 in 18,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Dixie by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #1,032INOhio: #878OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #3,095CAUtah: #704UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #811MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,127TNNorth Carolina: #1,437NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #546OKLouisiana: #677LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,038TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Dixie (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DixieCanadaGirls—too few
DixieEngland & WalesGirls#2,13813
DixieEngland & WalesBoys—too few
DixieNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
DixieScotlandGirls—too few
DixieUSGirls#1,605130
DixieUSBoys—too few