Dwight
Last seen for girls in 1986 at #8,523 · #2,765 for boys in 2025, 46 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1953 · 2,698 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 78,587since 1880
Dwight over time
Rank among boys' names. Dwight has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | — | #2,765 | 46 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,502 | 54 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,290 | 61 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,438 | 57 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,079 | 70 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,815 | 82 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,917 | 77 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,687 | 93 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,681 | 94 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,618 | 99 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,567 | 103 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,340 | 129 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,297 | 133 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,285 | 136 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,250 | 138 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,240 | 142 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,099 | 168 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,227 | 142 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,102 | 165 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,091 | 161 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,081 | 152 | |
| 2004 | — | #888 | 195 | |
| 2003 | — | #926 | 177 | |
| 2002 | — | #973 | 162 | |
| 2001 | — | #863 | 186 | |
| 2000 | — | #773 | 215 | |
| 1999 | — | #691 | 243 | |
| 1998 | — | #669 | 255 | |
| 1997 | — | #669 | 244 | |
| 1996 | — | #636 | 266 | |
| 1995 | — | #588 | 303 | |
| 1994 | — | #537 | 361 | |
| 1993 | — | #541 | 360 | |
| 1992 | — | #494 | 410 | |
| 1991 | — | #458 | 466 | |
| 1990 | — | #446 | 493 | |
| 1989 | — | #424 | 488 | |
| 1988 | — | #410 | 487 | |
| 1987 | — | #355 | 549 | |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #366 | 509 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | #365 | 502 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #330 | 571 |
| 1983 | — | #340 | 536 | |
| 1982 | — | #363 | 492 | |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #348 | 515 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #350 | 517 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #335 | 546 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #347 | 489 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | #325 | 573 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #299 | 602 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #286 | 673 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | #271 | 700 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #265 | 715 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #256 | 773 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | #249 | 906 |
| 1970 | — | #231 | 1,026 | |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 | #209 | 1,200 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #233 | 943 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | #223 | 984 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | #215 | 1,049 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | #203 | 1,227 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | #216 | 1,256 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 | #204 | 1,448 |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 | #201 | 1,514 |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 | #185 | 1,669 |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 | #181 | 1,720 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | #186 | 1,593 |
| 1958 | #3,379 | 13 | #175 | 1,697 |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 | #159 | 2,029 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 | #139 | 2,369 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #142 | 2,159 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | #145 | 2,034 |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 | #122 | 2,698 |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | #123 | 2,407 |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 | #134 | 2,050 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #146 | 1,812 |
| 1949 | — | #151 | 1,719 | |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 | #153 | 1,650 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | #161 | 1,542 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | #137 | 1,754 |
| 1945 | — | #126 | 1,753 | |
| 1944 | — | #140 | 1,504 | |
| 1943 | — | #158 | 1,234 | |
| 1942 | — | #211 | 716 | |
| 1941 | — | #238 | 536 | |
| 1940 | — | #262 | 456 | |
| 1939 | — | #278 | 394 | |
| 1938 | — | #264 | 435 | |
| 1937 | — | #271 | 406 | |
| 1936 | — | #266 | 418 | |
| 1935 | — | #242 | 475 | |
| 1934 | — | #229 | 506 | |
| 1933 | — | #224 | 516 | |
| 1932 | — | #202 | 635 | |
| 1931 | — | #219 | 568 | |
| 1930 | — | #232 | 542 | |
| 1929 | — | #257 | 471 | |
| 1928 | — | #267 | 454 | |
| 1927 | — | #265 | 464 | |
| 1926 | — | #260 | 468 | |
| 1925 | — | #262 | 470 | |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #270 | 450 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #271 | 431 |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | #267 | 447 |
| 1921 | — | #254 | 493 | |
| 1920 | — | #273 | 412 | |
| 1919 | — | #270 | 380 | |
| 1918 | — | #264 | 405 | |
| 1917 | — | #274 | 349 | |
| 1916 | — | #250 | 397 | |
| 1915 | — | #263 | 337 | |
| 1914 | — | #257 | 284 | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #268 | 206 |
| 1912 | — | #260 | 186 | |
| 1911 | — | #281 | 87 | |
| 1910 | — | #332 | 55 | |
| 1909 | — | #357 | 43 | |
| 1908 | — | #310 | 50 | |
| 1907 | — | #273 | 58 | |
| 1906 | — | #258 | 59 | |
| 1905 | — | #346 | 35 | |
| 1904 | — | #277 | 46 | |
| 1903 | — | #360 | 28 | |
| 1902 | — | #302 | 40 | |
| 1901 | — | #284 | 37 | |
| 1900 | — | #267 | 59 | |
| 1899 | — | #266 | 41 | |
| 1898 | — | #324 | 35 | |
| 1897 | — | #375 | 25 | |
| 1896 | — | #363 | 28 | |
| 1895 | — | #414 | 22 | |
| 1894 | — | #367 | 25 | |
| 1893 | — | #368 | 24 | |
| 1892 | — | #357 | 28 | |
| 1891 | — | #340 | 25 | |
| 1890 | — | #358 | 24 | |
| 1889 | — | #464 | 16 | |
| 1888 | — | #404 | 21 | |
| 1887 | — | #377 | 19 | |
| 1886 | — | #431 | 17 | |
| 1885 | — | #307 | 30 | |
| 1884 | — | #386 | 21 | |
| 1883 | — | #556 | 11 | |
| 1882 | — | #437 | 17 | |
| 1881 | — | #360 | 21 | |
| 1880 | — | #526 | 12 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Dwight was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 12 boys a year got the name.
See more about Dwight
- 263 spots since 2024 (#2,502 → #2,765)
- 950 spots since 2020 (#1,815 → #2,765)
- 1,198 spots since 2015 (#1,567 → #2,765)
- Biggest jump: 170 spots in 1884 (#556 → #386)
- Biggest drop: 193 spots in 2005 (#888 → #1,081)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1953 at #122 (2,698 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 125 yrs · run 1880–2004
- Highest: 1 in 731 boys born in 1953 were named Dwight (0.14%)
- Latest: 1 in 37,132 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 26.5% of all boys named Dwight (20,848) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 185 | #307 (1885) | #425 |
| 1890s | 277 | #266 (1899) | #353 |
| 1900s | 455 | #258 (1906) | #303 |
| 1910s | 2,686 | #250 (1916) | #272 |
| 1920s | 4,560 | #254 (1921) | #265 |
| 1930s | 4,895 | #202 (1932) | #243 |
| 1940s | 12,864 | #126 (1945) | #174 |
| 1950s | 20,848 | #122 (1953) | #147 |
| 1960s | 13,010 | #181 (1960) | #207 |
| 1970s | 7,003 | #231 (1970) | #286 |
| 1980s | 5,166 | #330 (1984) | #365 |
| 1990s | 3,401 | #446 (1990) | #573 |
| 2000s | 1,723 | #773 (2000) | #1,002 |
| 2010s | 1,144 | #1,240 (2010) | #1,488 |
| 2020s | 370 | #1,815 (2020) | #2,315 |
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.
Dwight in 1948
Top girls' names in 1948
Top boys' names in 1948
More about 1948
girls
1,697,908 girls got a published name in 1948; 1 in 212,239 of them was named Dwight, which outranked 35.7% of the 6,040 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,593Wynema9
- #3,593Ysabel9
- #3,593Zina9
- #3,883Dwight8
- #3,883Aaron8
- #3,883Abbey8
- #3,883Adaline8
- #4,205Adrien7
- #4,205Alesia7
- #4,205Alfonso7
Tied with 321 names at #3,883; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,754,618 boys got a published name in 1948; 1 in 1,063 of them was named Dwight, which outranked 96.4% of the 4,199 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.