Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Dickey

#5,072 most common boys' name of all time · #12,550 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1922–1978

Rank among boys
#5,072
Rank overall
#12,550 of 105,966
First appeared
1922
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
918
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1948 #1,172
Best rank
#1,107 1941
Girls Boys peak 38/yr
19401960

Dickey first appears in 1922. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1978 — 5 5 #6,042
1975 — 7 7 #4,498
1974 — 6 6 #4,844
1972 — 13 13 #2,738
1971 — 7 7 #4,161
1970 — 9 9 #3,397
1969 — 10 10 #2,974
1968 — 13 13 #2,398
1967 — 18 18 #1,892
1966 — 8 8 #3,146
1965 — 11 11 #2,575
1964 — 15 15 #2,186
1963 — 7 7 #3,513
1962 — 12 12 #2,467
1961 — 27 27 #1,567
1960 — 21 21 #1,803
1959 — 24 24 #1,655
1958 — 15 15 #2,166
1957 — 25 25 #1,627
1956 — 36 36 #1,295
1955 — 29 29 #1,456
1954 — 27 27 #1,490
1953 — 23 23 #1,627
1952 — 27 27 #1,483
1951 — 26 26 #1,487
1950 — 25 25 #1,495
1949 — 19 19 #1,749
1948 — 38 38 #1,172
1947 — 31 31 #1,333
1946 — 31 31 #1,277
1945 — 22 22 #1,443
1944 — 20 20 #1,573
1943 — 24 24 #1,460
1942 — 22 22 #1,536
1941 — 36 36 #1,107
1940 — 21 21 #1,515
1939 — 20 20 #1,530
1938 — 18 18 #1,686
1937 — 22 22 #1,480
1936 — 15 15 #1,871
1935 — 23 23 #1,451
1934 — 12 12 #2,260
1933 — 10 10 #2,537
1932 — 11 11 #2,461
1931 — 11 11 #2,470
1930 — 6 6 #3,953
1929 — 13 13 #2,315
1928 — 10 10 #2,836
1927 — 13 13 #2,407
1926 — 8 8 #3,373
1925 — 10 10 #2,933
1922 — 6 6 #4,275