NameTides

Nixon

Nixon was the #1,060 boys' name in the US in 2025 (206 babies), and #5,137 in England & Wales and #916 in Canada.

Nixon as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Nixon as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Nixon as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada, NSWBabies 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. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanadaNSW
2025#1,060 (206)#5,137 (3)—#916 (28)—
2024#866 (279)#2,672 (8)—#530 (53)—
2023#882 (264)#4,108 (4)—#538 (51)—
2022#733 (354)#1,880 (12)—#330 (96)—
2021#692 (384)#1,984 (11)—#308 (112)—
2020#650 (411)#1,935 (11)—#289 (113)—
2019#588 (471)#1,253 (20)—#267 (129)—
2018#500 (573)#1,875 (12)#595 (4)#205 (176)—
2017#482 (607)#1,339 (19)—#179 (213)#99 (93)
2016#519 (570)#1,570 (16)#592 (4)#215 (171)—
2015#512 (560)#1,902 (12)—#180 (209)—
2014#587 (470)#2,248 (9)—#201 (193)—
2013#586 (433)#1,617 (14)—#190 (192)—
2012#652 (365)#2,117 (10)—#235 (151)—
2011#900 (226)#3,830 (4)—#252 (127)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #482.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1917.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,300 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 8,300uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Nixon is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 7,600 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Nixon by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: #332IDMontana: 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: #443NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #551CAUtah: #233UTColorado: #849CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #720AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #590KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #936NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,216GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,169TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Nixon (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#84913

Nixon (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NixonCanadaGirls—too few
NixonCanadaBoys#91628
NixonEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
NixonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
NixonNSWBoys—too few
NixonScotlandBoys—too few
NixonUSGirls#10,9178
NixonUSBoys#1,060206