Dixie has been given to about 45,373 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1938, which makes it a interwar name.
Its best year was 1938, when 1,246 babies were given the name, ranking 167th. The typical living American called Dixie is about 72 years old today. It is relatively most common in Oklahoma, where it accounts for 0.02% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.