Dixon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DIK-sun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,127 for boys
Dixon is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Dick”. In 2025 it ranked 3,127th for boys in the US (38 babies).
What does Dixon mean?
English: English surname
“son of Dick”
The Mason-Dixon line, surveyed in the 1760s, is named partly after the English surveyor Jeremiah Dixon.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Dixon a girl's or a boy's name?
Dixon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 38 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dixon in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 7 boys.
Dixon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
How popular is Dixon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,127th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 38 about 1 in 45,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 38 boys in the US were named Dixon, making it the 3,127th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,113th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 75 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881.
Half of all the boys named Dixon in the US since 1880 were born between 1947 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dixon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #3,127 |
| 2024 | 49 | #2,674 |
| 2023 | 43 | #2,894 |
| 2022 | 40 | #3,051 |
| 2021 | 30 | #3,647 |
| 2020 | 66 | #2,113 |
| 2019 | 54 | #2,463 |
| 2018 | 58 | #2,299 |
| 2017 | 60 | #2,216 |
| 2016 | 75 | #1,936 |
| 2015 | 70 | #2,036 |
| 2014 | 75 | #1,919 |
| 2013 | 62 | #2,138 |
| 2012 | 54 | #2,357 |
| 2011 | 59 | #2,202 |
| 2010 | 56 | #2,286 |
| 2009 | 50 | #2,527 |
| 2008 | 37 | #3,101 |
| 2007 | 35 | #3,186 |
| 2006 | 33 | #3,225 |
| 2005 | 38 | #2,799 |
| 2004 | 34 | #2,949 |
| 2003 | 35 | #2,776 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,445 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,716 |
| 2000 | 35 | #2,616 |
| 1999 | 33 | #2,604 |
| 1998 | 28 | #2,848 |
| 1997 | 25 | #2,976 |
| 1996 | 38 | #2,178 |
| 1995 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1994 | 24 | #2,946 |
| 1993 | 25 | #2,780 |
| 1992 | 25 | #2,741 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 25 | #2,539 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,074 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 16 | #3,002 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 20 | #2,407 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 18 | #2,616 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,776 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 14 | #2,909 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,749 |
| 1974 | 12 | #2,944 |
| 1973 | 17 | #2,309 |
| 1972 | 16 | #2,323 |
| 1971 | 16 | #2,365 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,738 |
| 1969 | 16 | #2,129 |
| 1968 | 21 | #1,730 |
| 1967 | 13 | #2,241 |
| 1966 | 16 | #1,962 |
| 1965 | 18 | #1,855 |
| 1964 | 17 | #1,974 |
| 1963 | 15 | #2,114 |
| 1962 | 20 | #1,804 |
| 1961 | 24 | #1,634 |
| 1960 | 28 | #1,522 |
| 1959 | 25 | #1,587 |
| 1958 | 22 | #1,676 |
| 1957 | 29 | #1,456 |
| 1956 | 33 | #1,334 |
| 1955 | 30 | #1,395 |
| 1954 | 27 | #1,465 |
| 1953 | 38 | #1,213 |
| 1952 | 22 | #1,614 |
| 1951 | 37 | #1,194 |
| 1950 | 25 | #1,463 |
| 1949 | 19 | #1,701 |
| 1948 | 33 | #1,255 |
| 1947 | 32 | #1,296 |
| 1946 | 28 | #1,326 |
| 1945 | 17 | #1,632 |
| 1944 | 28 | #1,255 |
| 1943 | 29 | #1,279 |
| 1942 | 32 | #1,228 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,532 |
| 1940 | 31 | #1,208 |
| 1939 | 21 | #1,458 |
| 1938 | 27 | #1,275 |
| 1937 | 23 | #1,403 |
| 1936 | 26 | #1,296 |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,538 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,658 |
| 1933 | 17 | #1,707 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,716 |
| 1931 | 23 | #1,458 |
| 1930 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 1929 | 18 | #1,793 |
| 1928 | 24 | #1,522 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,748 |
| 1926 | 19 | #1,787 |
| 1925 | 23 | #1,583 |
| 1924 | 24 | #1,577 |
| 1923 | 28 | #1,385 |
| 1922 | 23 | #1,591 |
| 1921 | 18 | #1,903 |
| 1920 | 25 | #1,505 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 28 | #1,342 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,187 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,042 |
| 1915 | 21 | #1,504 |
| 1914 | 18 | #1,441 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,091 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 6 | #780 |
Nicknames for Dixon
- Dix
Names like Dixon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mason, Grayson, Hudson, Deacon, Riley, Harrison, Dawson, Logan, Finley, Dexter, Rowan, Aiden
Names related to Dixon
More English names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Dixon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dixon, updated 20 October 2026.