Dickey — boys' name

What the Data Says About Dickey

The Social Security Administration has registered 918 babies named Dickey between 1922 and 1978, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dickey currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1978. The name reached its historical peak in 1948, when 38 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dickey performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 264 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Dickey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 92 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Dickey in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dickey in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 918 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.