How Many People Are Named Dixon?
people named Dixon are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 153,129 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,084 babies named Dixon in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
80 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname meaning "DICK (1)'s son".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Dixon (99.8%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dixon alive today is about 31 years old, and 60% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 51 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dixon first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 2016, to 80 babies. In 2025, 38 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Dixon has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #806, in 1881. In 2025 it ranked #3,144.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,144 |
| Best rank | #806 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,180 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dixon alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dixon were born in Texas than in any other state: about 66 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dixon was given about 2.9 times as often in Texas.
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