Girls' name · since 1880
Dicie
1,167 babies named Dicie in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,750 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,167
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Dicie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 1,167 have been recorded since 1880.
Dicie has 1,167 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 1984.
- #6,750 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,167 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dicie ranks #6,750 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,167 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #6,750 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,167
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Dicie's 1,167 recorded births place it above 90.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Kentucky.
Dicie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dicie's full recorded timeline at 1922, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1886, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1920 peak of 42 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dicie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–1984
- Peak year (1920)
- 42
- Annual births at peak, across 105 years of records
Dicie by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (241 births, 21% of the file).
1920s was Dicie's strongest decade.
241 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Dicie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
101 births
- 1890s
1890s
133 births
- 1900s
1900s
140 births
- 1910s
1910s
203 births
- 1920s
1920s
241 births
- 1930s
1930s
148 births
- 1940s 96
1940s
96 births
- 1950s 65
1950s
65 births
- 1960s 30
1960s
30 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 241 births (21% of all-time use).
How Dicie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Dicie's total volume
Dicie by state
Where Dicie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kentucky | | 34 | 2.9% |
| #2 | West Virginia | | 22 | 1.9% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 20 | 1.7% |
| #4 | Oklahoma | | 10 | 0.9% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 7 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 7 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 5 | 0.4% |
34 of 1,167 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Dicie's data
- Dicie's decade-level peak was the 1920s (241 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Kentucky records the most Dicies (34 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Kentucky names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Dicie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~104 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–1984 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dicie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.