Girls' name · since 1881
Dicy
328 babies named Dicy in U.S. Social Security records since 1881, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,174 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 328
- born since 1881
- 1910s
- peak decade
Dicy sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 328 recorded since 1881.
Social Security Administration records show Dicy recorded 328 times among girls since 1881, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1910s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1881 to 1971.
- #15,174 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 328 born since 1881
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dicy ranks #15,174 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 328 born since 1881, peaking in the 1910s.
- #15,174 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 328
- born since 1881
- 1910s
- peak decade
Dicy's 328 recorded births place it above 79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dicy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dicy splits its recorded history at 1915: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1882 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1920 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dicy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1881–1971
- Peak year (1920)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 91 years of records
Dicy by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (70 births, 21% of the file).
1910s was Dicy's strongest decade.
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Dicy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
40 births
- 1890s
1890s
41 births
- 1900s
1900s
31 births
- 1910s
1910s
70 births
- 1920s
1920s
65 births
- 1930s
1930s
50 births
- 1940s 20
1940s
20 births
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 70 births (21% of all-time use).
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What to do with Dicy's data
- Dicy's decade-level peak was the 1910s (70 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dicy: 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 (~90 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, 1881–1971 (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 Dicy 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.