Dickson
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DIK-sun
- Origin
- English
Dickson is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Dick”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Dickson mean?
English: spelling of Dixon; English surname
“son of Dick”
The Mason-Dixon line, surveyed in the 1760s, is named partly after the English surveyor Jeremiah Dixon.
Meaning borrowed from Dixon. More on Wiktionary.
Is Dickson a girl's or a boy's name?
Dickson is a boys' name.
How popular is Dickson in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1961, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Dickson in the US since 1880 were born between 1947 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dickson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,811 |
| 1970 | 14 | #2,508 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 15 | #2,147 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 13 | #2,294 |
| 1958 | 11 | #2,504 |
| 1957 | 14 | #2,189 |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,557 |
| 1954 | 11 | #2,448 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,660 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,452 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 11 | #2,355 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,142 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,229 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,449 |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,646 |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,150 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,698 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
Nicknames for Dickson
- Dix
Names like Dickson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nelson, Wilson, William, Martin, John, Warren, Franklin, Thomas, Byron, Joseph, Alton, Robert
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dickson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dickson, updated 20 October 2026.