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.

Dixon

#2,399 most common boys' name of all time · #5,789 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1881–2025

Rank among boys
#2,399
Rank overall
#5,789 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
116 of 146
All-time
3,084
Since 2016
518
Peak year
2016 #1,938
Best rank
#850 1881
Girls Boys peak 80/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Dixon first appears in 1881. 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
2025 — 38 38 #3,135
2024 — 49 49 #2,677
2023 — 43 43 #2,901
2022 — 40 40 #3,054
2021 — 30 30 #3,654
2020 — 66 66 #2,116
2019 — 54 54 #2,467
2018 — 58 58 #2,304
2017 — 60 60 #2,218
2016 5 75 80 #1,938
2015 — 70 70 #2,038
2014 — 75 75 #1,925
2013 — 62 62 #2,144
2012 — 54 54 #2,360
2011 — 59 59 #2,205
2010 — 56 56 #2,290
2009 — 50 50 #2,532
2008 — 37 37 #3,106
2007 — 35 35 #3,189
2006 — 33 33 #3,231
2005 — 38 38 #2,807
2004 — 34 34 #2,959
2003 — 35 35 #2,786
2002 — 25 25 #3,454
2001 — 22 22 #3,732
2000 — 35 35 #2,624
1999 — 33 33 #2,614
1998 — 28 28 #2,856
1997 — 25 25 #2,981
1996 — 38 38 #2,186
1995 — 27 27 #2,686
1994 — 24 24 #2,953
1993 — 25 25 #2,791
1992 — 25 25 #2,757
1991 — 20 20 #3,123
1990 — 14 14 #3,985
1989 — 25 25 #2,552
1988 — 17 17 #3,097
1987 — 14 14 #3,355
1986 — 16 16 #3,011
1985 — 9 9 #4,363
1984 — 8 8 #4,580
1983 — 20 20 #2,420
1982 — 9 9 #4,262
1981 — 12 12 #3,432
1980 — 18 18 #2,627
1979 — 16 16 #2,789
1977 — 14 14 #2,919
1976 — 11 11 #3,283
1975 — 14 14 #2,764
1974 — 12 12 #2,965
1973 — 17 17 #2,326
1972 — 16 16 #2,339
1971 — 16 16 #2,380
1970 — 12 12 #2,761
1969 — 16 16 #2,147
1968 — 21 21 #1,745
1967 — 13 13 #2,261
1966 — 16 16 #1,981
1965 — 18 18 #1,866
1964 — 17 17 #1,990
1963 — 15 15 #2,130
1962 — 20 20 #1,814
1961 — 24 24 #1,649
1960 — 28 28 #1,531
1959 — 25 25 #1,596
1958 — 22 22 #1,688
1957 — 29 29 #1,465
1956 — 33 33 #1,345
1955 — 30 30 #1,402
1954 — 27 27 #1,476
1953 — 38 38 #1,219
1952 — 22 22 #1,627
1951 — 37 37 #1,203
1950 — 25 25 #1,470
1949 — 19 19 #1,721
1948 — 33 33 #1,259
1947 — 32 32 #1,302
1946 — 28 28 #1,334
1945 — 17 17 #1,643
1944 — 28 28 #1,263
1943 — 29 29 #1,290
1942 — 32 32 #1,231
1941 — 20 20 #1,547
1940 — 31 31 #1,218
1939 — 21 21 #1,466
1938 — 27 27 #1,289
1937 — 23 23 #1,412
1936 — 26 26 #1,308
1935 — 20 20 #1,553
1934 — 18 18 #1,674
1933 — 17 17 #1,724
1932 — 18 18 #1,733
1931 — 23 23 #1,463
1930 — 15 15 #1,988
1929 — 18 18 #1,808
1928 — 24 24 #1,535
1927 — 20 20 #1,752
1926 — 19 19 #1,800
1925 — 23 23 #1,590
1924 — 24 24 #1,590
1923 — 28 28 #1,392
1922 — 23 23 #1,605
1921 — 18 18 #1,924
1920 — 25 25 #1,517
1919 — 12 12 #2,403
1918 — 28 28 #1,353
1917 — 13 13 #2,200
1916 — 14 14 #2,059
1915 — 21 21 #1,518
1914 — 18 18 #1,453
1913 — 8 8 #2,125
1912 — 6 6 #2,307
1911 — 5 5 #1,796
1910 — 5 5 #1,637
1881 — 6 6 #850