girl's name

Nixie

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 552

Nixie is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 23 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2011, when 28 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 144,155 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1919.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Nixie over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'10 '20 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Nixie by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 6
1920s 10
1990s 5
2000s 116
2010s 204
2020s (to 2025) 115

How popular is Nixie?

In 2025, Nixie was given to 23 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Nixie is used

Canada #2,984 6 in 2016
England & Wales #3,190 8 in 2025
United States #5,453 23 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Nixie

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Nixie also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Nixie over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Nixie

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Nixie — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Nixie

How popular is the name Nixie?

In 2025, Nixie was given to 23 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Nixie a girl's or a boy's name?

Nixie is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Nixie?

Nixie has 2 syllables.

When was Nixie most popular?

Nixie peaked in 2011, when 28 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Nixie a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Nixie currently ranks #3,190 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.