Nixie — #5799 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Nixie

The Social Security Administration has registered 431 babies named Nixie between 1919 and 2024, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nixie currently holds the #5799 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nixie performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 204 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Nixie shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nixie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nixie 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 431 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.