Dickey
Dickey is a Scottish surname, nickname, and given name. It may refer to:
Meaning & Origin of Dickey
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dickey is a Scottish surname, nickname, and given name. It may refer to:
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The Story of Dickey
The earliest SSA record of Dickey as a baby boy name dates back to 1922, when 6 babies received it. 1948 was its biggest year on record, with 38 newborns named Dickey — #1,160 in the national rankings. About 29% of every Dickey on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. Dickey last appeared in the published SSA data in 1978, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 918 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Notable people named Dickey
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- Dickey Nutt (born 1959), American college basketball coach
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Names that sound like Dickey
Phonetically similar names — useful when Dickey is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Dickey
Dickey is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1922 and has accumulated 918 births in the dataset. Dickey's peak popularity came in 1948 when it ranked #1,160. Use the chart and map above to compare Dickey's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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