# Dickie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dickie/  
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 | Dickey, Dicky |
| US babies named this | 4,719 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,459 / 260 (6% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Dick + -ie.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1944 | 15 | 2,316 |
| 1945 | 12 | 2,635 |
| 1946 | 8 | 3,744 |
| 1947 | 13 | 2,934 |
| 1948 | 6 | 4,801 |
| 1949 | 7 | 4,336 |
| 1950 | 7 | 4,417 |
| 1951 | 8 | 4,116 |
| 1952 | 7 | 4,594 |
| 1953 | 19 | 2,448 |
| 1954 | 11 | 3,547 |
| 1955 | 5 | 6,059 |
| 1959 | 5 | 6,498 |
| 1960 | 5 | 6,598 |
| 1961 | 6 | 6,004 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 22 | 2,004 |
| 1975 | 20 | 2,227 |
| 1976 | 19 | 2,358 |
| 1977 | 19 | 2,390 |
| 1978 | 22 | 2,147 |
| 1979 | 15 | 2,928 |
| 1980 | 11 | 3,680 |
| 1981 | 7 | 5,075 |
| 1982 | 6 | 5,834 |
| 1983 | 9 | 4,229 |
| 1985 | 9 | 4,419 |
| 1989 | 7 | 6,398 |
| 1991 | 7 | 6,702 |
| 1992 | 6 | 7,703 |
| 1993 | 5 | 9,119 |

## 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.