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Nixon

#1,061 in 2025Boys' name

Son of Nick

Nixon has been given to 7,728 babies in the U.S. since 1917. In 2025 it ranked #1,061 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2017, with 607 recorded.

Babies named Nixon, 2025

1 in 16,100

Nixon over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Nixon: meaning, origin, and history

Son of Nick

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Nixon means

Nixon means “son of Nick”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Nick + -son, an alteration of Nickson, originally a patronymic meaning "son of Nicholas".

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Nixon (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Nixon is used in English.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Nixon is pronounced /ˈnɪk.sɪn/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 7,389 boys were recorded with the name Nixon between 1917 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 607 in 2017; its best national rank was #482 in 2017.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #651 in 2020 to #1,061 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #513 in 2015 to #1,061 in 2025.

In the United States, 339 girls were recorded with the name Nixon between 2006 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 35 in 2019; its best national rank was #4,134 in 2019.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,846 in 2020 to #11,641 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,399 in 2015 to #11,641 in 2025.

How common is Nixon?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 16,100
206 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 8,290
0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,061
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
11,156 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Nixon sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5003%

Put another way: gather 11,156 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nixon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nixons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nixon was born before 2016 — so the typical Nixon is around 9 today.

Median birth year
2016
About 9 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
60.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
94.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
7,307
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 60.4% of all recorded uses (4,463).

Is Nixon rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−194
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−410
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−548
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.37×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
33.9%
Peak was 2017 (607)
Years since peak
8
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#482
2017

Spellings of Nixon

Nixon is not the most common spelling — Jaxon is, with 36.0% against Nixon's 2.3%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Nixon is used

Across 2016–2025, Nixon was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 408 boys, against 1 in 4,042 across all states with data. It was least common in Massachusetts (1 in 50,000).

2245 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Hawaii1 in 408
  2. 2Utah1 in 420
  3. 3Idaho1 in 787
  4. 4Arizona1 in 1,538
  5. 5Nevada1 in 1,563
  6. 6California1 in 2,083
  7. 7Oklahoma1 in 3,226
  8. 8Nebraska1 in 3,571

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Nixon is one of the more regionally concentrated names in the country — more concentrated than 100% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Nixon around the world

Where Nixon ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1997–2025
    #5,137
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2009–2018
    #595
    in 2018
  • France
    1983–2004
    #4,216
    in 2004
  • Canada
    2000–2024
    #529
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2004–2013
    #389
    in 2013
  • New South Wales
    2017–2017
    #99
    in 2017

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada, Consumer and Business Services (South Australia) and NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages. ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA, NSW BDM data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Nixon

People whose public names include Nixon, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Nixon by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,061
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 410
Best rank ever
#482
2017
Peak year
2017
607 that year
First recorded
1917
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
7,389
Count in 2025
206

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#11,641
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 4,795
Best rank ever
#4,134
2019
Peak year
2019
35 that year
First recorded
2006
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
339
Count in 2025
8

Names similar to Nixon

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

NixxonDixonJaxxonSaxonMaxonDaxonJaxonPaxonMoxonBraxonNyxonHuxonBrixonRixonNixenNixMaxxonNixinNixsonLuxonKnixonLexonHixonBexon

Names with a curve like Nixon

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Nixon, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Nixon

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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