Nixon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NIK-son
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,060 for boys
Nixon is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Nick”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 1,060th for boys in the US (206 babies).
What does Nixon mean?
English: surname, from Nick, a short form of Nicholas
“son of Nick”
A medieval surname meaning son of Nick; it was borne by Richard Nixon, the US president who resigned over Watergate.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Nixon a girl's or a boy's name?
Nixon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 8 girls and 206 boys in the US.
How popular is Nixon in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 68% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Nixon, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 22 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Nixon than any year since 2010.
Half of all the boys named Nixon in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Nixon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 12 | #1,969 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 22 | #1,261 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,638 |
| 2017 | 21 | #1,331 |
| 2016 | 20 | #1,403 |
| 2015 | 12 | #1,990 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,560 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Nixon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,060among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 206about 1 in 8,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 206 boys in the US were named Nixon, making it the 1,060th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 650th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 607 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917. 8 girls were also named Nixon in 2025 (10,913th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Nixon than any year since 2010.
Half of all the boys named Nixon in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 233 boys in the US were given Nixon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #903, up from #1,060 for this spelling alone.
Nixon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 206 | #1,060 |
| 2024 | 279 | #866 |
| 2023 | 264 | #882 |
| 2022 | 354 | #733 |
| 2021 | 384 | #692 |
| 2020 | 411 | #650 |
| 2019 | 471 | #588 |
| 2018 | 573 | #500 |
| 2017 | 607 | #482 |
| 2016 | 570 | #519 |
| 2015 | 560 | #512 |
| 2014 | 470 | #587 |
| 2013 | 433 | #586 |
| 2012 | 365 | #652 |
| 2011 | 226 | #900 |
| 2010 | 188 | #1,031 |
| 2009 | 154 | #1,173 |
| 2008 | 119 | #1,414 |
| 2007 | 78 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 74 | #1,840 |
| 2005 | 57 | #2,125 |
| 2004 | 47 | #2,372 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,181 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,789 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,716 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 25 | #2,976 |
| 1996 | 26 | #2,833 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 12 | #2,421 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,763 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,861 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,449 |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
Nicknames for Nixon
- Nix 11 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Nixon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hudson Finn Jaxon Rowan Grayson Kayden Ronan Brody Mason Lochlan Aiden Kian
Other spellings of Nixon
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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, “Nixon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nixon, updated 20 October 2026.