Girls' name · since 1880
Dixie
44,621 babies named Dixie in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1938. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #643 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,605 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 44,621
- born since 1880
- 1940s
- peak decade
Yes -- Dixie is the #1605 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 44,621 recorded since 1880.
Social Security Administration records show Dixie recorded 44,621 times among girls since 1880, holding rank #1605 nationally today, ahead of 91% of girls, peaking in the 1940s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #643 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,605 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 44,621 born since 1880
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dixie ranks #643 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,605 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 44,621 born since 1880, peaking in the 1940s.
- #643 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,605 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 44,621
- born since 1880
- 1940s
- peak decade
Dixie's 44,621 recorded births place it above 99.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
45 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Dixie compares
44,621 Top 4% higher than 96% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Dixie's all-time total is 119x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dixie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 44,621 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,229 | 21 | 19,840 |
Dixie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dixie splits its recorded history at 1953: 38% of all births land in the more recent half, 62% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1881 (10 births) -- compare that against the 1938 peak of 1,229 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dixie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1938)
- 1,229
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Dixie popularity over time - boys
752 total births recorded since 1886 (Dixie as boys' name)
Dixie by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (9,912 births, 22% of the file).
1940s was Dixie's strongest decade.
9,912 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Dixie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 240
1880s
240 births
- 1890s 374
1890s
374 births
- 1900s 592
1900s
592 births
- 1910s 1,979
1910s
1,979 births
- 1920s 3,498
1920s
3,498 births
- 1930s
1930s
8,837 births
- 1940s
1940s
9,912 births
- 1950s
1950s
6,769 births
- 1960s 2,796
1960s
2,796 births
- 1970s 1,689
1970s
1,689 births
- 1980s 1,175
1980s
1,175 births
- 1990s 995
1990s
995 births
- 2000s 1,799
2000s
1,799 births
- 2010s 2,831
2010s
2,831 births
- 2020s 1,135
2020s
1,135 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 9,912 births (22% of all-time use).
How Dixie 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 Dixie's total volume
Dixie by state
Where Dixie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 3,248 | 7.3% |
| #2 | California | | 2,461 | 5.5% |
| #3 | Missouri | | 2,224 | 5.0% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 2,005 | 4.5% |
| #5 | Iowa | | 1,903 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 1,830 | 4.1% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 1,657 | 3.7% |
| #8 | Kentucky | | 1,608 | 3.6% |
3,248 of 44,621 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 45 reporting states.
Dixie appears in 45 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Dixie's data
- Dixie's decade-level peak was the 1940s (9,912 total births); usage has since declined to 1,135 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Dixies (3,248 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Dixie
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Dixie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1938)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Dixie 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.