# Dickey (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dickey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdɪki/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Dickie, Dicky |
| US babies named this | 918 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 918 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Dick + -ey. The city in North Dakota was named in honor of the American lawyer George H. Dickey.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 27 | 1,556 |
| 1962 | 12 | 2,415 |
| 1963 | 7 | 3,403 |
| 1964 | 15 | 2,136 |
| 1965 | 11 | 2,510 |
| 1966 | 8 | 3,048 |
| 1967 | 18 | 1,867 |
| 1968 | 13 | 2,356 |
| 1969 | 10 | 2,913 |
| 1970 | 9 | 3,347 |
| 1971 | 7 | 4,081 |
| 1972 | 13 | 2,706 |
| 1974 | 6 | 4,777 |
| 1975 | 7 | 4,447 |
| 1978 | 5 | 6,062 |

## People named Dickey

- Dickey Simpkins, American basketball player (born 1972)
- Dickey Lee, American pop/country singer and songwriter

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.