Hixon — boys' name
39 babies named Hixon in U.S. Social Security records since 2014, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
69% of everyone ever named Hixon was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Hixon in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hixon
The Social Security Administration has registered 39 babies named Hixon between 2014 and 2021, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hixon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hixon performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Hixon shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hixon 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 39 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.
Hixon at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Hixon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2014
- Peak year (2021)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
39 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 7 births in a single year.
Hixon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 27 births that decade — 69% of Hixon's all-time total
Hixon decade highlights
- Peak decade 27 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Hixon's strongest decade
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 69% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2014–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.