Dickie
Dickie is a surname, a nickname and a given name. It may refer to:
Meaning & Origin of Dickie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dickie is a surname, a nickname and a given name. It may refer to:
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The Story of Dickie
As a girl name
American parents first put Dickie on the record books as a girl name in 1921, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1953, when 19 Dickies were born — ranking #2,431 that year. About 42% of every Dickie on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. Dickie last appeared in the published SSA data in 1961, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 260 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Dickie as a boy name dates back to 1916, when 5 babies received it. 1947 was its biggest year on record, with 192 newborns named Dickie — #483 in the national rankings. About 34% of every Dickie on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. Dickie last appeared in the published SSA data in 1993, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 4K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Dickie
Dickie is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1916 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Dickie's peak popularity came in 1947 when it ranked #483. Use the chart and map above to compare Dickie'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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