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How popular is “Dixie” in the USA?

Number of people named “Dixie” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Dixie” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Dixie” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Dixie” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Dixie” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Dixie” by birth year

This chart shows how “Dixie” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 15 0.000074448 15 100%
1881 10 0.000051897 10 100%
1882 20 0.00009028 20 100%
1883 16 0.000073751 16 100%
1884 27 0.000110901 27 100%
1885 24 0.000099645 24 100%
1886 29 0.000113585 22 7 52%
1887 34 0.000137434 29 5 71%
1888 38 0.000126889 38 100%
1889 45 0.000155738 39 6 73%
1890 41 0.000136031 41 100%
1891 29 0.000101161 29 100%
1892 36 0.000107664 36 100%
1893 31 0.000095319 31 100%
1894 38 0.000112197 38 100%
1895 32 0.000091163 32 100%
1896 46 0.000128677 40 6 74%
1897 34 0.000097995 34 100%
1898 55 0.000144185 48 7 75%
1899 45 0.000132652 45 100%
1900 54 0.000119931 54 100%
1901 32 0.000092536 32 100%
1902 48 0.000124117 48 100%
1903 57 0.000149528 57 100%
1904 55 0.000136312 50 5 82%
1905 53 0.000125023 53 100%
1906 76 0.000177383 70 6 84%
1907 67 0.000143965 67 100%
1908 74 0.000151438 74 100%
1909 94 0.000183872 87 7 85%
1910 86 0.000145587 86 100%
1911 92 0.000142795 92 100%
1912 137 0.000138655 129 8 88%
1913 164 0.000144225 155 9 89%
1914 173 0.000122145 164 9 90%
1915 220 0.000120059 206 14 87%
1916 245 0.000126653 235 10 92%
1917 267 0.000133051 255 12 91%
1918 372 0.000171341 350 22 88%
1919 331 0.000156854 307 24 85%
1920 347 0.00015336 326 21 88%
1921 333 0.000142643 322 11 93%
1922 333 0.000145468 306 27 84%
1923 341 0.000148101 330 11 94%
1924 401 0.000168373 388 13 94%
1925 357 0.000153002 340 17 90%
1926 384 0.000167254 369 15 92%
1927 392 0.000169012 372 20 90%
1928 404 0.000178687 387 17 92%
1929 373 0.000170152 358 15 92%
1930 532 0.000239285 512 20 92%
1931 630 0.000299374 617 13 96%
1932 648 0.000306921 629 19 94%
1933 658 0.000329091 646 12 96%
1934 851 0.000409762 833 18 96%
1935 951 0.000455046 930 21 96%
1936 1117 0.000537645 1105 12 98%
1937 1173 0.000550531 1161 12 98%
1938 1246 0.000563145 1229 17 97%
1939 1188 0.000539156 1175 13 98%
1940 1185 0.000514617 1170 15 97%
1941 1061 0.000435474 1046 15 97%
1942 1084 0.000396805 1061 23 96%
1943 1067 0.000378026 1044 23 96%
1944 960 0.000356867 944 16 97%
1945 894 0.000336988 884 10 98%
1946 999 0.000312646 986 13 97%
1947 1071 0.000297308 1063 8 99%
1948 880 0.000254886 865 15 97%
1949 861 0.000247075 849 12 97%
1950 692 0.000197525 687 5 99%
1951 762 0.000206855 752 10 97%
1952 780 0.000205371 771 9 98%
1953 956 0.000248077 942 14 97%
1954 756 0.000189916 747 9 98%
1955 649 0.000161641 649 100%
1956 635 0.000154013 627 8 97%
1957 620 0.000147544 610 10 97%
1958 500 0.000120951 494 6 98%
1959 495 0.000119048 490 5 98%
1960 462 0.000111223 457 5 98%
1961 381 0.000091978 381 100%
1962 366 0.000090698 361 5 97%
1963 354 0.000089435 348 6 97%
1964 323 0.000083085 323 100%
1965 208 0.000057372 208 100%
1966 219 0.00006301 219 100%
1967 160 0.00004713 160 100%
1968 162 0.000047952 157 5 94%
1969 182 0.000052369 182 100%
1970 160 0.000044364 160 100%
1971 153 0.000044576 153 100%
1972 190 0.000060452 190 100%
1973 192 0.000063642 187 5 95%
1974 182 0.000059868 182 100%
1975 203 0.000067232 203 100%
1976 172 0.000056685 172 100%
1977 191 0.000060129 186 5 95%
1978 140 0.00004411 140 100%
1979 122 0.00003667 116 6 90%
1980 172 0.000049935 172 100%
1981 143 0.000041337 135 8 89%
1982 125 0.000035633 125 100%
1983 151 0.0000436 151 100%
1984 113 0.00003239 113 100%
1985 103 0.000028859 103 100%
1986 75 0.000021085 75 100%
1987 91 0.000025238 91 100%
1988 79 0.00002138 79 100%
1989 131 0.000034075 131 100%
1990 105 0.000026566 105 100%
1991 120 0.000030807 120 100%
1992 100 0.000026033 100 100%
1993 117 0.000031032 117 100%
1994 95 0.000025554 95 100%
1995 89 0.000024303 89 100%
1996 108 0.000029612 108 100%
1997 81 0.00002234 81 100%
1998 81 0.000022022 81 100%
1999 99 0.000026801 99 100%
2000 114 0.000030159 114 100%
2001 148 0.000039536 148 100%
2002 124 0.00003317 124 100%
2003 136 0.000035768 136 100%
2004 116 0.000030359 116 100%
2005 151 0.000039273 151 100%
2006 148 0.00003741 148 100%
2007 295 0.000073793 295 100%
2008 278 0.000070726 278 100%
2009 289 0.000075651 289 100%
2010 282 0.000076304 282 100%
2011 310 0.000084751 310 100%
2012 313 0.000085581 313 100%
2013 293 0.000080369 293 100%
2014 345 0.000093083 345 100%
2015 288 0.000077819 288 100%
2016 256 0.00006978 256 100%
2017 226 0.000063196 226 100%
2018 257 0.000073097 257 100%
2019 259 0.00007462 259 100%
2020 229 0.000068551 229 100%
2021 237 0.000069954 237 100%
2022 207 0.000061186 207 100%
2023 197 0.000059495 197 100%
2024 135 0.000040559 135 100%

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