Dewight
- Last seen for boys in 2016 at #12,185
- Peak · boys
- 1958 · 18 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 528since 1930
Dewight over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Dewight has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1992 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #4,476 | 12 |
| 1990 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #4,527 | 11 |
| 1988 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #3,521 | 13 |
| 1986 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #3,400 | 11 |
| 1977 | #3,203 | 12 |
| 1976 | #2,329 | 19 |
| 1975 | #2,751 | 14 |
| 1974 | #2,799 | 13 |
| 1973 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #2,158 | 18 |
| 1971 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #2,130 | 16 |
| 1968 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1967 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #2,084 | 15 |
| 1964 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1963 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1962 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | #2,530 | 11 |
| 1958 | #1,896 | 18 |
| 1957 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #2,628 | 10 |
| 1955 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 10 |
| 1953 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1946 | #2,271 | 11 |
| 1945 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1930
The first year at least five boys were named Dewight! It came in at #4,001, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1930–1944, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Dewight is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Dewight in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Dewight
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
Rise & fade · boys
28 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1930
- Peaked 1958 at #1,896 (18 births)
- Births halved by 1961, 3 yrs 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 82,579
- Highest: 1 in 82,579 boys born in 1976 were named Dewight (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 379,548 boys born in 2016 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,896 in 1958, was only 1 in 117,912 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1970s
- 22.7% of all boys named Dewight (120) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 15 | #3,549 (1936) | #3,775 |
| 1940s | 41 | #2,251 (1947) | #2,844 |
| 1950s | 85 | #1,896 (1958) | #2,808 |
| 1960s | 99 | #2,084 (1965) | #2,629 |
| 1970s | 120 | #2,158 (1972) | #3,195 |
| 1980s | 84 | #3,521 (1987) | #4,391 |
| 1990s | 53 | #4,476 (1991) | #7,030 |
| 2000s | 26 | #10,556 (2001) | #11,271 |
| 2010s | 5 | #12,185 (2016) | #12,185 |
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.
Want to check a specific year?
See where Dewight ranked and which names it was up against. Click a point on the chart, or pick a year: