Nixon

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Nixon: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Nixon: Recorded since 1997, it reached #81 in 2018, and it stood at #2,671 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#81highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2859
2003	#3467
2006	#3385
2007	#3589
2009	#3227
2011	#3830
2012	#2117
2013	#1617
2014	#2248
2015	#1902
2016	#1570
2017	#1339
2018	#1875
2019	#1253
2020	#1935
2021	#1984
2022	#1879
2023	#4107
2024	#2671

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 19 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

In 2018: #81 among boys in New Zealand, #1875 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2859 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2014–2018
Highest recorded position: #81 among boys in New Zealand, in 2018 (recorded 2014–2018).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2671 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Nixon appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 19 years beginning in 1997, and has registered 181 births with the name.

Nixon across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Nixon's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2859 (1997)	#1253 (2019)	#2671 (2024)	19 of 28	181 (1997–2024)	20 (2019)
New Zealand · Boys	#83 (2014)	#81 (2018)	#81 (2018)	5 of 5	278 (2014–2018)	60 (2015)

Nixon by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Nixon in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	16	4 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	116	9 of 10	13
2020s	46	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Nixon appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #81 in New Zealand in 2018.

Nixon's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2671	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1879	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1984	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1253	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1875	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1339	19	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1570	16	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1902	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2248	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1617	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2117	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
2017	New South Wales, Australia	male	#99	93	Insufficient	Not yet available
2018	New Zealand	male	#81	59	High	Verified
2017	New Zealand	male	#95	54	High	Verified
2016	New Zealand	male	#99	51	High	Verified
2015	New Zealand	male	#87	60	High	Verified
2014	New Zealand	male	#83	54	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #81, first reached in 2018.

It held a top-100 place in 5 years, 5 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 93 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 2017.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2014, and 20 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Niven · #727, 16y
Nixie · #2458, 14y
Niya · #883, 24y
Niyah · #837, 25y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Gayle · #80, 22y
Sharlene · #79, 23y
Sue · #83, 16y
Paidi · #84, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Marnie · #81, 30y
Ayda · #82, 18y
Skyla · #82, 28y
Wyatt · #82, 29y

Nixon was ranked #81 in New Zealand · Boys in 2018. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Nixon and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Nixon without appearing here.

Nixon moved ahead of

Joakim Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3227 and #3227 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1617 and #4685.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3227 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1617 and #4685.
Kim Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3227 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2117 and #4805.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Nixon

Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #1363.
Aksel Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1339 and #1812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #1875 and #1382.
Rune Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1984 and #2125 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1879 and #1609.
Gunnar Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1253 and #2728 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1935 and #1935.

Moved the opposite way to Nixon

Ole Compare
Between 2003 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Nixon went from #3467 to #1879 while Ole went from #1771 to #4789.

Moved the same way as Nixon

Garry Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Nixon went from #2859 to #4107 and Garry from #914 to #4991.
Kelly Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Nixon went from #2859 to #4107 and Kelly from #1454 to #3523.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #81 in New Zealand in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Nixon

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nixon across 2 official records

Nixon by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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