Nixon
Pronounced N IH1 K S AH0 N (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2017
- 108 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Nixon?
Nixon is a boys' name, and first appears in 1917. It has been given to 7,799 children — the 1,259th most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2017, when 620 children were given it.
Nickson is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Nixon and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Nickson
Characteristics
- Alliterative
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- N IH1 K S AH0 N
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Nixon
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Nixon
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Nixon?
- Nixon ranks 1,259th among boys' names in US records, with 7,799 births since 1917. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,585.
- Is Nixon a unisex name?
- No. Nixon is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Nixon most popular?
- 2017, when 620 children were given the name. It has been in use for 108 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Nixon spelled?
- Nickson. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.