# Dixie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dixie/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdɪksi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 45,373 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 752 / 44,621 (98% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 558, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

First attested in 1859. Unknown, but may come from the Mason-Dixon line, the boundary between the northern states and the southern states, or from the slang term dixie for a Louisiana $10 bill (equivalent to English tenner), in turn from French dix (ten).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 310 | 849 |
| 2012 | 313 | 853 |
| 2013 | 293 | 883 |
| 2014 | 345 | 808 |
| 2015 | 290 | 934 |
| 2016 | 256 | 1,035 |
| 2017 | 226 | 1,116 |
| 2018 | 257 | 1,011 |
| 2019 | 259 | 997 |
| 2020 | 229 | 1,079 |
| 2021 | 237 | 1,063 |
| 2022 | 207 | 1,167 |
| 2023 | 197 | 1,210 |
| 2024 | 135 | 1,568 |
| 2025 | 130 | 1,605 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 9 | 2,726 |
| 1953 | 14 | 2,119 |
| 1954 | 9 | 2,793 |
| 1956 | 8 | 3,026 |
| 1957 | 10 | 2,691 |
| 1958 | 6 | 3,640 |
| 1959 | 5 | 4,137 |
| 1960 | 5 | 4,174 |
| 1962 | 5 | 4,206 |
| 1963 | 6 | 3,740 |
| 1968 | 5 | 4,284 |
| 1973 | 5 | 5,295 |
| 1977 | 5 | 6,102 |
| 1979 | 6 | 5,536 |
| 1981 | 8 | 4,632 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 1,665 |
| 2012 | 25 | 1,297 |
| 2013 | 31 | 1,128 |
| 2014 | 44 | 859 |
| 2015 | 38 | 942 |
| 2016 | 28 | 1,211 |
| 2017 | 27 | 1,258 |
| 2018 | 23 | 1,393 |
| 2019 | 21 | 1,439 |
| 2020 | 41 | 872 |
| 2021 | 34 | 1,007 |
| 2022 | 18 | 1,621 |
| 2023 | 21 | 1,469 |
| 2024 | 17 | 1,743 |
| 2025 | 13 | 2,138 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |

## People named Dixie

- Dixie Carter, American actress (1939–2010)
- Dixie D'Amelio, American influencer (born 2001)
- Dixie Lee, American actress, dancer, and singer (1909–1952)
- Dixie Dunbar, American actress (1919-1991)
- Dixie Evans, American burlesque dancer (1926-2013)
- Dixie Willis, Australian middle-distance runner and sprinter
- Dixie Kid, American boxer (1883–1934)
- Dixie Gilmer, American politician (1901-1954)

## 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.