# Nixon (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nixon/  
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 | “son of nicholas” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈnɪk.sɪn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Nickson, Nixson |
| US babies named this | 7,728 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7,389 / 339 (4% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 184, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Nick + -son, an alteration of Nickson, originally a patronymic meaning "son of Nicholas".

## 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 | 16 | 7,698 |
| 2012 | 12 | 9,562 |
| 2013 | 18 | 6,949 |
| 2014 | 22 | 5,939 |
| 2015 | 20 | 6,401 |
| 2016 | 26 | 5,244 |
| 2017 | 31 | 4,557 |
| 2018 | 25 | 5,288 |
| 2019 | 35 | 4,135 |
| 2020 | 17 | 6,850 |
| 2021 | 17 | 6,901 |
| 2022 | 14 | 7,931 |
| 2023 | 18 | 6,601 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10,874 |
| 2025 | 8 | 11,645 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 226 | 900 |
| 2012 | 365 | 653 |
| 2013 | 433 | 588 |
| 2014 | 470 | 587 |
| 2015 | 560 | 513 |
| 2016 | 570 | 519 |
| 2017 | 607 | 482 |
| 2018 | 573 | 500 |
| 2019 | 471 | 589 |
| 2020 | 411 | 651 |
| 2021 | 384 | 693 |
| 2022 | 354 | 733 |
| 2023 | 264 | 883 |
| 2024 | 279 | 867 |
| 2025 | 206 | 1,061 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,117 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,617 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,248 |
| 2015 | 12 | 1,902 |
| 2016 | 16 | 1,570 |
| 2017 | 19 | 1,339 |
| 2018 | 12 | 1,875 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1,253 |
| 2020 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1,984 |
| 2022 | 12 | 1,879 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: نِيكْسُون
- Armenian: Նիքսոն
- Bulgarian: Ни́ксън
- Chinese: 尼克松, 尼克森, 尼克遜 /尼克逊
- Georgian: ნიქსონი
- Greek: Νίξον
- Hindi: निक्सन
- Japanese: ニクソン
- Korean: 닉슨
- Russian: Ни́ксон
- Ukrainian: Ні́ксон
- Vietnamese: Níchxơn

## People named Nixon

- Nixon Perea, Colombian association football player
- Nixon Carcelén, Ecuadorian footballer
- Nixon Darlanio Reis Cardoso, Brazilian footballer

## 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.