as a First Name
Mainly U.S.: name chosen as symbolic of the American South. The nickname is of uncertain origin. It is said to be from the ten-dollar bills printed in New Orleans, named in the Cajun dialect from French dix ‘ten’.
| 915th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 37,864
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Wyoming
- has the most people named Dixie per capita
- 1938
- marked the height of its popularity
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17%
30-54
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2%
13-29
13-29
7%
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