Dixon is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2016 and has grown less common since.
Dixon is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #3,145 for boy births in the United States (and #6,747 across all names), given to 38 babies. Dixon first appears in 1881 and peaked in 2014 (75 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | 38 | — | #3,145 |
| 2024 | 49 | 49 | — | #2,678 |
| 2023 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,910 |
| 2022 | 40 | 40 | — | #3,067 |
| 2021 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,670 |
| 2020 | 66 | 66 | — | #2,120 |
| 2019 | 54 | 54 | — | #2,468 |
| 2018 | 58 | 58 | — | #2,310 |
| 2017 | 60 | 60 | — | #2,221 |
| 2016 | 80 | 80 | #16,946 | #1,943 |
| 2015 | 70 | 70 | — | #2,039 |
| 2014 | 75 | 75 | — | #1,928 |
| 2013 | 62 | 62 | — | #2,145 |
| 2012 | 54 | 54 | — | #2,364 |
| 2011 | 59 | 59 | — | #2,210 |
| 2010 | 56 | 56 | — | #2,292 |
| 2009 | 50 | 50 | — | #2,538 |
| 2008 | 37 | 37 | — | #3,122 |
| 2007 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,203 |
| 2006 | 33 | 33 | — | #3,242 |
| 2005 | 38 | 38 | — | #2,812 |
| 2004 | 34 | 34 | — | #2,964 |
| 2003 | 35 | 35 | — | #2,802 |
| 2002 | 25 | 25 | — | #3,478 |
| 2001 | 22 | 22 | — | #3,749 |
| 2000 | 35 | 35 | — | #2,638 |
| 1999 | 33 | 33 | — | #2,627 |
| 1998 | 28 | 28 | — | #2,879 |
| 1997 | 25 | — | — | #3,010 |
| 1996 | 38 | — | — | #2,193 |
| 1995 | 27 | — | — | #2,704 |
| 1994 | 24 | — | — | #2,969 |
| 1993 | 25 | — | — | #2,802 |
| 1992 | 25 | — | — | #2,760 |
| 1991 | 20 | — | — | #3,143 |
| 1990 | 14 | — | — | #4,031 |
| 1989 | 25 | — | — | #2,559 |
| 1988 | 17 | — | — | #3,106 |
| 1987 | 14 | — | — | #3,384 |
| 1986 | 16 | — | — | #3,035 |
| 1985 | 9 | — | — | #4,422 |
| 1984 | 8 | — | — | #4,662 |
| 1983 | 20 | — | — | #2,433 |
| 1982 | 9 | — | — | #4,324 |
| 1981 | 12 | — | — | #3,468 |
| 1980 | 18 | — | — | #2,640 |
| 1979 | 16 | — | — | #2,806 |
| 1977 | 14 | — | — | #2,946 |
| 1976 | 11 | — | — | #3,324 |
| 1975 | 14 | — | — | #2,790 |
| 1974 | 12 | — | — | #2,995 |
| 1973 | 17 | — | — | #2,338 |
| 1972 | 16 | — | — | #2,350 |
| 1971 | 16 | — | — | #2,394 |
| 1970 | 12 | — | — | #2,772 |
| 1969 | 16 | — | — | #2,160 |
| 1968 | 21 | — | — | #1,745 |
| 1967 | 13 | — | — | #2,270 |
| 1966 | 16 | — | — | #1,984 |
| 1965 | 18 | — | — | #1,876 |
| 1964 | 17 | — | — | #1,993 |
| 1963 | 15 | — | — | #2,135 |
| 1962 | 20 | — | — | #1,820 |
| 1961 | 24 | — | — | #1,656 |
| 1960 | 28 | — | — | #1,531 |
| 1959 | 25 | — | — | #1,600 |
| 1958 | 22 | — | — | #1,696 |
| 1957 | 29 | — | — | #1,460 |
| 1956 | 33 | — | — | #1,342 |
| 1955 | 30 | — | — | #1,403 |
| 1954 | 27 | — | — | #1,472 |
| 1953 | 38 | — | — | #1,217 |
| 1952 | 22 | — | — | #1,630 |
| 1951 | 37 | — | — | #1,202 |
| 1950 | 25 | — | — | #1,476 |
| 1949 | 19 | — | — | #1,717 |
| 1948 | 33 | — | — | #1,263 |
| 1947 | 32 | — | — | #1,302 |
| 1946 | 28 | — | — | #1,334 |
| 1945 | 17 | — | — | #1,643 |
| 1944 | 28 | — | — | #1,261 |
| 1943 | 29 | — | — | #1,287 |
| 1942 | 32 | — | — | #1,231 |
| 1941 | 20 | — | — | #1,547 |
| 1940 | 31 | — | — | #1,214 |
| 1939 | 21 | — | — | #1,465 |
| 1938 | 27 | — | — | #1,285 |
| 1937 | 23 | — | — | #1,418 |
| 1936 | 26 | — | — | #1,302 |
| 1935 | 20 | — | — | #1,555 |
| 1934 | 18 | — | — | #1,676 |
| 1933 | 17 | — | — | #1,724 |
| 1932 | 18 | — | — | #1,734 |
| 1931 | 23 | — | — | #1,464 |
| 1930 | 15 | — | — | #1,992 |
| 1929 | 18 | — | — | #1,810 |
| 1928 | 24 | — | — | #1,534 |
| 1927 | 20 | — | — | #1,759 |
| 1926 | 19 | — | — | #1,809 |
| 1925 | 23 | — | — | #1,597 |
| 1924 | 24 | — | — | #1,589 |
| 1923 | 28 | — | — | #1,392 |
| 1922 | 23 | — | — | #1,600 |
| 1921 | 18 | — | — | #1,925 |
| 1920 | 25 | — | — | #1,513 |
| 1919 | 12 | — | — | #2,407 |
| 1918 | 28 | — | — | #1,352 |
| 1917 | 13 | — | — | #2,205 |
| 1916 | 14 | — | — | #2,071 |
| 1915 | 21 | — | — | #1,518 |
| 1914 | 18 | — | — | #1,453 |
| 1913 | 8 | — | — | #2,135 |
| 1912 | 6 | — | — | #2,348 |
| 1911 | 5 | — | — | #1,807 |
| 1910 | 5 | — | — | #1,653 |
| 1881 | 6 | — | — | #807 |