Dwan
Last seen for girls in 1991 at #13,147 · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
Given to boys 57.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1983 · 66 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,221since 1924
Dwan over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | #8,040 | 9 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,130 | 9 | |
| 2013 | — | #10,728 | 6 | |
| 2012 | — | #9,709 | 7 | |
| 2011 | — | #8,079 | 9 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,741 | 15 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,800 | 15 | |
| 2008 | — | #9,871 | 7 | |
| 2007 | — | #6,622 | 12 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,460 | 12 | |
| 2005 | — | #6,634 | 11 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,793 | 17 | |
| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,502 | 17 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,476 | 17 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,764 | 21 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,834 | 19 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,390 | 22 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,455 | 20 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,406 | 20 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,444 | 31 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,326 | 20 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,661 | 17 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,338 | 19 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #3,636 | 16 |
| 1990 | — | #2,865 | 22 | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #2,245 | 30 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #2,255 | 27 |
| 1987 | #4,474 | 18 | #2,725 | 19 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 | #2,510 | 21 |
| 1985 | #3,419 | 25 | #1,794 | 33 |
| 1984 | #2,730 | 33 | #1,979 | 27 |
| 1983 | #874 | 173 | #1,095 | 66 |
| 1982 | #3,530 | 23 | #2,596 | 18 |
| 1981 | #2,847 | 31 | #2,204 | 23 |
| 1980 | #2,308 | 42 | #2,162 | 24 |
| 1979 | #2,525 | 36 | #1,991 | 26 |
| 1978 | #2,305 | 39 | #1,718 | 31 |
| 1977 | #1,701 | 61 | #1,367 | 44 |
| 1976 | #1,912 | 47 | #1,210 | 51 |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 | #1,753 | 28 |
| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 | #1,832 | 25 |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | #1,782 | 25 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 | #2,534 | 14 |
| 1971 | #3,166 | 21 | #1,597 | 30 |
| 1970 | #2,354 | 32 | #1,615 | 28 |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 | #1,914 | 19 |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | #2,242 | 13 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 | #2,216 | 13 |
| 1965 | #3,050 | 17 | #2,476 | 11 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 | #1,975 | 17 |
| 1963 | #2,864 | 19 | #2,539 | 11 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1961 | #3,460 | 14 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #3,357 | 14 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #3,104 | 15 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | #2,274 | 13 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | #2,015 | 16 |
| 1955 | #3,095 | 14 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | #2,114 | 14 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | — | |
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | #2,580 | 9 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | — | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | — | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | — | |
| 1946 | — | #3,525 | 5 | |
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| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | — | |
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| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | — | |
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| 1924 | — | #4,347 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1924
The first year at least five boys were named Dwan! It came in at #4,347, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1924–1949, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · boys
59 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1924
- Peaked 1983 at #1,095 (66 births)
- Births halved by 1984, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 27,160
- Highest: 1 in 27,160 boys born in 1983 were named Dwan (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
- 24.7% of all boys named Dwan (302) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1985
- Mostly girls until 1984, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,347 (1924) | #4,347 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 5 | #3,525 (1946) | #3,525 |
| 1950s | 83 | #2,015 (1956) | #2,666 |
| 1960s | 127 | #1,914 (1969) | #2,390 |
| 1970s | 302 | #1,210 (1976) | #1,740 |
| 1980s | 288 | #1,095 (1983) | #2,157 |
| 1990s | 206 | #2,444 (1995) | #3,336 |
| 2000s | 135 | #3,764 (2000) | #6,250 |
| 2010s | 65 | #5,741 (2010) | #9,357 |
| 2020s | 5 | #12,239 (2023) | #12,239 |
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.
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