Dickey

Boy · recorded 1922–1978

  • 1978last recorded
  • 1941best year

Most popular in 1941.

Last recorded in 1978. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1922

0152919221936195019641978

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 52 recorded years as a table
Dickey, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19226
19259
19267
192712
19289
192912
19305
193111
193211
193310
193412
193522
193614
193721
193816
193918
194018
194129
194216
194317
194415
194516
194619
194717
194822
194911
195014
195114
195214
195312
195413
195514
195617
195712
19587
195911
196010
196113
19626
19633
19648
19656
19664
196710
19687
19696
19705
19714
19728
19744
19754
19783

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dickey isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1978
5
Rank in 1978
#5,772
How rare
1 in 328,367 boys
Since 1922
918

Dickey was last recorded in 1978. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1941, at 29 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Dickey doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.