Dewitt
#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · boys
- 1893 · 46 births
- Debut · boys
- 30 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,216since 1880
Dewitt over time
Rank among boys' names. Dewitt has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | #8,990 | 8 |
| 2021 | #8,825 | 8 |
| 2020 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #7,562 | 10 |
| 2013 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #8,767 | 8 |
| 2010 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2009 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #6,763 | 12 |
| 2007 | #6,622 | 12 |
| 2006 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | #7,245 | 9 |
| 2002 | #5,395 | 13 |
| 2001 | #4,890 | 15 |
| 2000 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #5,656 | 11 |
| 1998 | #5,466 | 11 |
| 1997 | #4,451 | 14 |
| 1996 | #4,878 | 12 |
| 1995 | #3,854 | 16 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,042 | 22 |
| 1992 | #2,747 | 25 |
| 1991 | #3,105 | 20 |
| 1990 | #3,166 | 19 |
| 1989 | #2,359 | 28 |
| 1988 | #2,765 | 20 |
| 1987 | #2,057 | 29 |
| 1986 | #2,891 | 17 |
| 1985 | #2,293 | 23 |
| 1984 | #2,159 | 24 |
| 1983 | #2,140 | 24 |
| 1982 | #2,341 | 21 |
| 1981 | #2,569 | 18 |
| 1980 | #1,808 | 31 |
| 1979 | #1,753 | 32 |
| 1978 | #1,965 | 25 |
| 1977 | #2,008 | 24 |
| 1976 | #2,329 | 19 |
| 1975 | #1,753 | 28 |
| 1974 | #1,886 | 24 |
| 1973 | #1,548 | 31 |
| 1972 | #1,364 | 38 |
| 1971 | #1,494 | 33 |
| 1970 | #1,523 | 31 |
| 1969 | #1,492 | 29 |
| 1968 | #1,147 | 43 |
| 1967 | #1,253 | 36 |
| 1966 | #1,237 | 37 |
| 1965 | #1,254 | 37 |
| 1964 | #936 | 66 |
| 1963 | #1,027 | 54 |
| 1962 | #967 | 62 |
| 1961 | #1,078 | 52 |
| 1960 | #1,008 | 58 |
| 1959 | #1,034 | 55 |
| 1958 | #936 | 66 |
| 1957 | #913 | 69 |
| 1956 | #854 | 77 |
| 1955 | #874 | 71 |
| 1954 | #876 | 70 |
| 1953 | #819 | 77 |
| 1952 | #801 | 77 |
| 1951 | #781 | 81 |
| 1950 | #772 | 78 |
| 1949 | #707 | 94 |
| 1948 | #737 | 83 |
| 1947 | #753 | 83 |
| 1946 | #689 | 88 |
| 1945 | #728 | 71 |
| 1944 | #664 | 87 |
| 1943 | #662 | 94 |
| 1942 | #693 | 86 |
| 1941 | #683 | 80 |
| 1940 | #686 | 78 |
| 1939 | #647 | 84 |
| 1938 | #694 | 76 |
| 1937 | #575 | 100 |
| 1936 | #586 | 97 |
| 1935 | #688 | 77 |
| 1934 | #673 | 81 |
| 1933 | #642 | 81 |
| 1932 | #535 | 120 |
| 1931 | #590 | 98 |
| 1930 | #529 | 127 |
| 1929 | #561 | 111 |
| 1928 | #598 | 107 |
| 1927 | #524 | 136 |
| 1926 | #559 | 121 |
| 1925 | #506 | 144 |
| 1924 | #508 | 151 |
| 1923 | #481 | 160 |
| 1922 | #493 | 159 |
| 1921 | #487 | 161 |
| 1920 | #489 | 152 |
| 1919 | #486 | 150 |
| 1918 | #470 | 159 |
| 1917 | #497 | 133 |
| 1916 | #481 | 140 |
| 1915 | #503 | 122 |
| 1914 | #507 | 93 |
| 1913 | #486 | 80 |
| 1912 | #446 | 77 |
| 1911 | #481 | 37 |
| 1910 | #396 | 44 |
| 1909 | #403 | 37 |
| 1908 | #499 | 25 |
| 1907 | #511 | 21 |
| 1906 | #363 | 33 |
| 1905 | #322 | 38 |
| 1904 | #360 | 31 |
| 1903 | #370 | 27 |
| 1902 | #337 | 33 |
| 1901 | #353 | 27 |
| 1900 | #357 | 37 |
| 1899 | #384 | 23 |
| 1898 | #268 | 44 |
| 1897 | #339 | 30 |
| 1896 | #338 | 31 |
| 1895 | #279 | 40 |
| 1894 | #298 | 34 |
| 1893 | #258 | 46 |
| 1892 | #279 | 42 |
| 1891 | #297 | 31 |
| 1890 | #316 | 30 |
| 1889 | #288 | 34 |
| 1888 | #314 | 32 |
| 1887 | #299 | 31 |
| 1886 | #288 | 35 |
| 1885 | #411 | 19 |
| 1884 | #399 | 20 |
| 1883 | #371 | 21 |
| 1882 | #437 | 17 |
| 1881 | #332 | 24 |
| 1880 | #305 | 30 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Dewitt was already there! It came in at #305, and was given to 30 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1994, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Dewitt is popular in 1941
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#245 · 1 in 2,011
- South Carolina#289 · 1 in 3,103
- Tennessee#334 · 1 in 4,233
- Alabama#340 · 1 in 3,679
- Louisiana#401 · 1 in 4,061
Best ever in a state: #136 in Mississippi, 1920.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #245 | 11 | 1 in 2,011 |
| South Carolina | #289 | 7 | 1 in 3,103 |
| Tennessee | #334 | 7 | 1 in 4,233 |
| Alabama | #340 | 8 | 1 in 3,679 |
| Louisiana | #401 | 6 | 1 in 4,061 |
| New York | #525 | 6 | 1 in 16,734 |
| Texas | #863 | 5 | 1 in 13,300 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Dewitt
- 14 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #12,008)
- 4,517 spots since 2015 (#7,491 → #12,008)
- Biggest jump: 123 spots in 1886 (#411 → #288)
- Biggest drop: 318 spots in 1965 (#936 → #1,254)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1893 at #258 (46 births)
- Births halved by 1899, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1880–1958
- Highest: 1 in 2,442 boys born in 1893 were named Dewitt (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 19.4% of all boys named Dewitt (1,402) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 263 | #288 (1886) | #344 |
| 1890s | 351 | #258 (1893) | #306 |
| 1900s | 309 | #322 (1905) | #388 |
| 1910s | 1,035 | #396 (1910) | #475 |
| 1920s | 1,402 | #481 (1923) | #521 |
| 1930s | 941 | #529 (1930) | #616 |
| 1940s | 844 | #662 (1943) | #700 |
| 1950s | 721 | #772 (1950) | #866 |
| 1960s | 474 | #936 (1964) | #1,140 |
| 1970s | 285 | #1,364 (1972) | #1,762 |
| 1980s | 235 | #1,808 (1980) | #2,338 |
| 1990s | 150 | #2,747 (1992) | #4,041 |
| 2000s | 102 | #4,890 (2001) | #7,293 |
| 2010s | 71 | #6,698 (2010) | #9,340 |
| 2020s | 33 | #8,825 (2021) | #10,322 |
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.
Dewitt in 1941
Top boys' names in 1941
More about 1941
boys
1,228,318 boys got a published name in 1941; 1 in 15,354 of them was named Dewitt, which outranked 82.9% of the 4,002 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).