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.
Where Dwight is popular in 1959
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Dakota#103 · 1 in 504
- North Carolina#105 · 1 in 532
- Alabama#107 · 1 in 513
- Tennessee#110 · 1 in 578
- Arkansas#121 · 1 in 632
Best ever in a state: #38 in North Dakota, 1945.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #103 | 15 | 1 in 504 |
| North Carolina | #105 | 99 | 1 in 532 |
| Alabama | #107 | 75 | 1 in 513 |
| Tennessee | #110 | 69 | 1 in 578 |
| Arkansas | #121 | 31 | 1 in 632 |
| Iowa | #131 | 35 | 1 in 886 |
| Wyoming | #133 | 5 | 1 in 665 |
| Kentucky | #138 | 41 | 1 in 882 |
| Nebraska | #147 | 15 | 1 in 1,077 |
| Mississippi | #149 | 37 | 1 in 748 |
| Florida | #155 | 58 | 1 in 926 |
| Hawaii | #156 | 11 | 1 in 650 |
| Ohio | #156 | 104 | 1 in 1,090 |
| Idaho | #157 | 10 | 1 in 759 |
| Georgia | #158 | 55 | 1 in 872 |
| Kansas | #162 | 24 | 1 in 991 |
| Missouri | #164 | 47 | 1 in 1,048 |
| Virginia | #165 | 45 | 1 in 960 |
| Connecticut | #169 | 15 | 1 in 1,776 |
| Minnesota | #170 | 27 | 1 in 1,566 |
| Pennsylvania | #170 | 75 | 1 in 1,623 |
| South Dakota | #170 | 8 | 1 in 1,014 |
| West Virginia | #170 | 18 | 1 in 1,115 |
| Montana | #175 | 8 | 1 in 976 |
| Indiana | #178 | 40 | 1 in 1,370 |
| Louisiana | #179 | 46 | 1 in 927 |
| Maryland | #181 | 25 | 1 in 1,314 |
| District of Columbia | #183 | 12 | 1 in 1,239 |
| Colorado | #186 | 18 | 1 in 1,184 |
| New Jersey | #189 | 34 | 1 in 1,804 |
| Massachusetts | #193 | 19 | 1 in 2,970 |
| South Carolina | #193 | 24 | 1 in 1,191 |
| Illinois | #203 | 68 | 1 in 1,711 |
| Washington | #212 | 18 | 1 in 1,748 |
| Oklahoma | #218 | 17 | 1 in 1,411 |
| Michigan | #221 | 45 | 1 in 2,144 |
| Texas | #242 | 93 | 1 in 1,324 |
| Wisconsin | #242 | 13 | 1 in 3,657 |
| Utah | #244 | 7 | 1 in 1,695 |
| Oregon | #245 | 8 | 1 in 2,143 |
| California | #255 | 88 | 1 in 2,041 |
| New Mexico | #264 | 8 | 1 in 1,667 |
| New York | #279 | 59 | 1 in 3,066 |
| Arizona | #337 | 6 | 1 in 2,693 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
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 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 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
Top boys' names in 1959
More about 1959
girls
2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 252,933 of them was named Dwight, which outranked 35.8% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,300Ylonda9
- #4,300Yolander9
- #4,300Yolette9
- #4,625Dwight8
- #4,625Adel8
- #4,625Adraine8
- #4,625Adriann8
- #5,031Adora7
- #5,031Adrain7
- #5,031Adrena7
Tied with 405 names at #4,625; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 1,340 of them was named Dwight, which outranked 95.9% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.