Dixon

Dixon was the #3,128 boys' name in the US in 2025 (38 babies).

Dixon as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Dixon as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020US
Dixon as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#3,128 (38)——
2024#2,674 (49)——
2023#2,895 (43)——
2022#3,053 (40)—#2,229 (7)
2021#3,651 (30)——
2020#2,113 (66)——
2019#2,464 (54)#4,702 (3)—
2018#2,300 (58)—#2,740 (5)
2017#2,217 (60)—#1,852 (9)
2016#1,936 (75)—#1,988 (8)
2015#2,036 (70)—#2,387 (6)
2014#1,920 (75)#3,895 (4)#1,936 (8)
2013#2,139 (62)——
2012#2,358 (54)#3,987 (4)#1,655 (10)
2011#2,203 (59)#2,613 (7)#2,330 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1881 at #781.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1881.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 45,000 baby boys 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.

Next year

On its recent trend, Dixon is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 36,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 25,000 to 1 in 50,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DixonCanadaBoys—too few
DixonEngland & WalesBoys—too few
DixonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
DixonUSGirls—too few
DixonUSBoys#3,12838