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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | — | — | ||
| 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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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.
Where Dwan is popular in 1977
No state had 5 or more boys named Dwan in 1977, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Dwan
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Debuted 1924
- Peaked 1983 at #1,095 (66 births)
- Births halved by 1984, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 24.7% of all boys named Dwan (302) were born in this decade
- 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.
Dwan in 1977
Top girls' names in 1977
Top boys' names in 1977
More about 1977
girls
1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 25,134 of them was named Dwan, which outranked 85.0% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,682Vonetta62
- #1,682Willie62
- #1,682Yashica62
- #1,701Dwan61
- #1,701Adam61
- #1,701Candis61
- #1,701Dorothea61
- #1,717Arin60
- #1,717Chanell60
- #1,717Cherrie60
Tied with 15 names at #1,701; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 37,346 of them was named Dwan, which outranked 80.1% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,356Stephon45
- #1,356Tadd45
- #1,356Yosef45
- #1,367Dwan44
- #1,367Abelardo44
- #1,367Ammon44
- #1,367Augustus44
- #1,390Abdullah43
- #1,390Abe43
- #1,390Alonso43
Tied with 22 names at #1,367; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.