Dixie · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Dixie.

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Its story

Popularity since 1886

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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 63 recorded years as a table

Dixie, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1886	63
1887	49
1889	54
1896	50
1898	57
1904	39
1906	45
1909	43
1912	19
1913	18
1914	14
1915	16
1916	11
1917	13
1918	22
1919	24
1920	20
1921	10
1922	25
1923	10
1924	11
1925	15
1926	14
1927	18
1928	15
1929	14
1930	18
1931	13
1932	18
1933	12
1934	17
1935	20
1936	12
1937	11
1938	15
1939	12
1940	13
1941	12
1942	17
1943	16
1944	12
1945	7
1946	8
1947	4
1948	9
1949	7
1950	3
1951	5
1952	5
1953	7
1954	4
1956	4
1957	5
1958	3
1959	2
1960	2
1962	2
1963	3
1968	3
1973	3
1977	3
1979	3
1981	4

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dixie 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 Dixie

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1981: 8
Rank in 1981: #4,509
How rare: 1 in 223,897 boys
Since 1886: 752

Dixie was last recorded in 1981. 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 1886, at 63 per million boys born.

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

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