Dixon
Masculine · “son of Dick”
Dixon is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 3,079 boys against 5 girls since 1880.
Dixon is one of the oldest kinds of English surname — a father's nickname with son fastened to the end. The father here was a Dick, which is to say a Richard, and the name has been carried by families since the medieval fashion for that nickname.
How old is the name Dixon?
Dixon first appears in US birth records in 1881 — 144 years ago. The typical Dixon alive today was born around 1985, making them about 40 years old. About 2,300 people named Dixon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Dixon most popular?
Dixon peaked in 1881, reaching #781 nationally. Today it ranks #3128, 2,347 places below that high. See the whole 1881 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Richard to Dixon
The story of Dixon
Medieval England shortened Richard to Rick and then, by the rhyming habit that also produced Bob from Rob and Bill from Will, to Dick. Sons of a Dick became Dickson or Dixon, and the shorter spelling stuck in the north of England and in Scotland. It crossed to America as a family name centuries before anyone used it in front, and like many surnames it made that move in the American records of the last few decades.
Meaning
son of Dick, that is, of Richard
How the name formed
- Richard
- Dick
- Dickson
- Dixon
Related forms: Dickson · Dixson
Pronouncing Dixon
DIK-suhn
Two syllables, first stressed. No spelling variation in the sound itself.
Nicknames for Dixon
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1881
- Most boys named
- 201675 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #781reached in 1881
- Change vs 2023
- −11.6%38 in 2025, from 43
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Dixon in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Dickson in English — spelling variant
- Dixson in Scots — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, North Carolina.
Dixons among us
people named Dixon are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 44,949 born in 2025 was named Dixon
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Dixon sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Dixon is headed
Dixon should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Dixon beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Dixon in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- An ordinary English surname, so it needs no explanation and no spelling twice.
- The x gives it a firm consonant in the middle that carries across a playground.
- It has a documented meaning, which is unusual among surname-names of its type.
- The Dick inside its history is real and will be found by someone eventually.
- Dickson is the older spelling and will be offered as a correction by people who know the surname.
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Frequently asked
- How many Dixons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,300 people named Dixon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Dixon in 2025?
- Dixon ranks #3128 among US boy names in 2025, with 38 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Dixon?
- About 1 in every 44,949 US boys born in 2025 was named Dixon — 38 in all.
- Will my child share the name Dixon with classmates?
- Dixon will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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