first name
NIXON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,618 people named Nixon, 51.1% reported their origin as White, 26.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 9% as Black. 96% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Nixon peaked in 2017, when 638 babies got the name.
At least 7,728 babies have been given the name since 1917. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Nixon by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,200. The largest share of babies named Nixon, 75.6%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Nixon is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Nixon has been most common in Utah (18×), Hawaii (7.3×), and Nevada (6×), and least common in Illinois (0.27×).
5,953 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Nixon
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Nixon, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Nixon ranks #958 of 156,621, with 35,853 people. See Nixon as a last name
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