Dewey
Last seen for girls in 1956 at #5,952 · #3,848 for boys in 2025, 28 births
Given to boys 98.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1898 · 1,115 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 3 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 34,373since 1887
Dewey over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #3,848 | 28 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,605 | 31 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,456 | 23 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,019 | 19 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,297 | 35 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,570 | 30 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,794 | 28 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,993 | 26 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,781 | 28 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,555 | 16 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,289 | 17 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,252 | 17 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,661 | 28 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,297 | 33 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,509 | 21 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,678 | 20 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,035 | 25 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,165 | 36 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,811 | 42 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,686 | 27 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,319 | 30 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,741 | 38 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,119 | 30 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,817 | 33 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,512 | 24 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,805 | 32 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,865 | 29 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,931 | 50 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,260 | 37 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,817 | 50 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,210 | 36 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,894 | 44 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,699 | 51 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,371 | 68 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,443 | 62 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,383 | 65 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,219 | 77 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,154 | 76 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,114 | 74 | |
| 1986 | — | #983 | 88 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,133 | 67 | |
| 1984 | — | #913 | 93 | |
| 1983 | — | #884 | 99 | |
| 1982 | — | #853 | 108 | |
| 1981 | — | #865 | 105 | |
| 1980 | — | #758 | 134 | |
| 1979 | — | #727 | 142 | |
| 1978 | — | #774 | 118 | |
| 1977 | — | #723 | 139 | |
| 1976 | — | #722 | 134 | |
| 1975 | — | #630 | 164 | |
| 1974 | — | #639 | 159 | |
| 1973 | — | #653 | 149 | |
| 1972 | — | #591 | 182 | |
| 1971 | — | #541 | 220 | |
| 1970 | — | #535 | 228 | |
| 1969 | — | #534 | 216 | |
| 1968 | — | #503 | 225 | |
| 1967 | — | #518 | 208 | |
| 1966 | — | #494 | 235 | |
| 1965 | — | #473 | 271 | |
| 1964 | — | #472 | 281 | |
| 1963 | — | #460 | 291 | |
| 1962 | — | #476 | 279 | |
| 1961 | — | #465 | 303 | |
| 1960 | — | #452 | 318 | |
| 1959 | — | #440 | 328 | |
| 1958 | — | #432 | 331 | |
| 1957 | — | #408 | 367 | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #382 | 389 |
| 1955 | — | #361 | 403 | |
| 1954 | — | #364 | 392 | |
| 1953 | — | #350 | 390 | |
| 1952 | — | #339 | 420 | |
| 1951 | — | #333 | 418 | |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #340 | 393 |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 | #316 | 461 |
| 1948 | — | #266 | 615 | |
| 1947 | — | #293 | 553 | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #282 | 522 |
| 1945 | — | #273 | 478 | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #213 | 653 |
| 1943 | — | #248 | 566 | |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | #265 | 506 |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #256 | 476 |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 | #229 | 542 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #241 | 478 |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | #238 | 501 |
| 1937 | #2,940 | 9 | #241 | 479 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #229 | 500 |
| 1935 | #2,439 | 12 | #230 | 503 |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 | #228 | 514 |
| 1933 | #2,404 | 12 | #221 | 520 |
| 1932 | #2,365 | 13 | #212 | 583 |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 | #211 | 597 |
| 1930 | #1,934 | 18 | #205 | 653 |
| 1929 | #2,011 | 17 | #208 | 634 |
| 1928 | #2,497 | 13 | #202 | 675 |
| 1927 | #2,433 | 14 | #197 | 720 |
| 1926 | #2,351 | 15 | #188 | 767 |
| 1925 | #2,119 | 18 | #181 | 798 |
| 1924 | #2,973 | 11 | #186 | 773 |
| 1923 | #2,091 | 18 | #185 | 762 |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 | #193 | 714 |
| 1921 | #2,282 | 16 | #184 | 762 |
| 1920 | #2,899 | 11 | #208 | 619 |
| 1919 | #2,384 | 14 | #205 | 607 |
| 1918 | #1,887 | 20 | #223 | 556 |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | #247 | 417 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #268 | 357 |
| 1915 | — | #301 | 286 | |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | #316 | 205 |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | #302 | 172 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | #276 | 166 |
| 1911 | — | #248 | 107 | |
| 1910 | — | #261 | 87 | |
| 1909 | — | #226 | 91 | |
| 1908 | — | #204 | 99 | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | #207 | 93 |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | #213 | 83 |
| 1905 | — | #184 | 99 | |
| 1904 | — | #185 | 97 | |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 | #133 | 140 |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | #139 | 136 |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 | #121 | 137 |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 | #75 | 345 |
| 1899 | #629 | 24 | #39 | 499 |
| 1898 | #305 | 104 | #19 | 1,115 |
| 1897 | #895 | 13 | #111 | 158 |
| 1896 | — | #224 | 63 | |
| 1895 | — | #347 | 28 | |
| 1894 | — | #480 | 17 | |
| 1893 | — | #768 | 8 | |
| 1892 | — | #792 | 8 | |
| 1891 | — | #635 | 9 | |
| 1890 | — | #458 | 16 | |
| 1889 | — | #525 | 13 | |
| 1888 | — | #815 | 7 | |
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Dewey! It came in at #921, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1888, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
See more about Dewey
- 243 spots since 2024 (#3,605 → #3,848)
- 278 spots since 2020 (#3,570 → #3,848)
- 1,441 spots since 2015 (#5,289 → #3,848)
- Biggest jump: 290 spots in 1889 (#815 → #525)
- Biggest drop: 220 spots in 1985 (#913 → #1,133)
- Debuted 1887
- Peaked 1898 at #19 (1,115 births)
- Births halved by 1899, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 3 yrs · run 1898–1900
- Top 1,000: 99 yrs · run 1887–1984
- Highest: 1 in 110 boys born in 1898 were named Dewey (0.91%)
- Latest: 1 in 61,003 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 21.0% of all boys named Dewey (7,224) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 25 | #525 (1889) | #754 |
| 1890s | 1,921 | #19 (1898) | #387 |
| 1900s | 1,320 | #75 (1900) | #169 |
| 1910s | 2,960 | #205 (1919) | #265 |
| 1920s | 7,224 | #181 (1925) | #193 |
| 1930s | 5,328 | #205 (1930) | #226 |
| 1940s | 5,372 | #213 (1944) | #264 |
| 1950s | 3,831 | #333 (1951) | #375 |
| 1960s | 2,627 | #452 (1960) | #485 |
| 1970s | 1,635 | #535 (1970) | #654 |
| 1980s | 921 | #758 (1980) | #988 |
| 1990s | 492 | #1,371 (1992) | #1,887 |
| 2000s | 317 | #2,741 (2004) | #3,201 |
| 2010s | 234 | #3,297 (2012) | #4,381 |
| 2020s | 166 | #3,297 (2021) | #3,966 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Dewey in 1944
Top girls' names in 1944
Top boys' names in 1944
More about 1944
girls
1,327,223 girls got a published name in 1944; 1 in 265,445 of them was named Dewey, which outranked 12.8% of the 5,243 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 669 names at #4,574; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,362,875 boys got a published name in 1944; 1 in 2,087 of them was named Dewey, which outranked 94.6% of the 3,909 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.