How Many People Are Named Dixie?
people named Dixie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 13,329 people in the US has this name
Based on 45,373 babies named Dixie in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,246 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the term that refers to the southern United States, used by Daniel D. Emmett in his song Dixie in 1859. The term may be derived from French dix "ten", which was printed on ten-dollar bills issued from a New Orleans bank.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Dixie, 99.3% were girls and 0.7% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1880s: 93% of the babies were girls then and 100% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dixie alive today is about 57 years old, and 61% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 33 and 79 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dixie first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1938, to 1,246 babies. In 2025, 130 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Dixie has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #167, in 1938. In 2025 it ranked #1,605.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,605 |
| Best rank | #167 (1938) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #217 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dixie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dixie were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,852 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dixie was given 4.5 times as often in Utah, 3.1 times in Iowa and 3.1 times in Idaho.
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