Dickie

Boy · recorded 1916–1993

  • 1993last recorded
  • 1940best year

Most popular in 1940.

Last recorded in 1993. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Dickie.

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Its story

Popularity since 1916

06112119161935195519741993

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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 68 recorded years as a table
Dickie, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19166
19226
19236
192411
192511
192622
192717
192830
192934
193037
193148
193267
193378
193485
1935111
1936108
1937111
1938115
1939113
1940121
1941106
1942114
1943109
1944103
1945107
194690
1947105
194882
194987
195075
195168
195269
195353
195455
195556
195649
195750
195833
195932
196039
196135
196230
196322
196416
196520
196620
196730
196826
196923
197015
197117
197215
197314
197414
197513
197612
197712
197813
19799
19806
19814
19823
19835
19855
19893
19913
19923
19933

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dickie 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.

More like it

More like Dickie

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1993
5
Rank in 1993
#8,700
How rare
1 in 392,265 boys
Since 1916
4,459

Dickie was last recorded in 1993. 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 1940, at 121 per million boys born.

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

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