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Dwight Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Dwight?

In 2018 the uncommon name Dwight, ranked the 1,687th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Dwight is currently less popular.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #122 in 1953 with 2,697 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Dwight was 11 in 1883.

Dwight, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1882-1885, 1895-1900, 1903-1906, 1908-1916, 1917-1921, 1938-1945, and 1950-1953, whereas 1955-1959, 1960-1966, 1969-1972, 1990-1996, 1998-2002, and 2012-2015 were years of successive downward movement.

Dwight's popularity has steadily decreased for some time. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Dwight lately has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Dwight?

Dwight's popularity is at an extremely low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Dwight is quite distinctive and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Dwight has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Dwight (Girl)Dwight (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 < 5 -- 93 1,687
2017 < 5 -- 93 1,693
2016 < 5 -- 99 1,615
2015 < 5 -- 103 1,568
2014 < 5 -- 129 1,341
2013 < 5 -- 133 1,297
2012 < 5 -- 136 1,285
2011 < 5 -- 138 1,250
2010 < 5 -- 142 1,243
2009 < 5 -- 168 1,097
2008 < 5 -- 142 1,227
2007 < 5 -- 164 1,113
2006 < 5 -- 161 1,093
2005 < 5 -- 152 1,084
2004 < 5 -- 195 888
2003 < 5 -- 176 933
2002 < 5 -- 162 973
2001 < 5 -- 186 863
2000 < 5 -- 215 773
1999 < 5 -- 243 692
1998 < 5 -- 255 669
1997 < 5 -- 244 670
1996 < 5 -- 266 636
1995 < 5 -- 303 588
1994 < 5 -- 361 537
1993 < 5 -- 361 540
1992 < 5 -- 409 495
1991 < 5 -- 466 458
1990 < 5 -- 493 446
1989 < 5 -- 488 424
1988 < 5 -- 487 410
1987 < 5 -- 549 354
1986 7 8,794 509 367
1985 10 6,578 501 367
1984 6 9,453 571 330
1983 < 5 -- 536 340
1982 < 5 -- 492 363
1981 6 9,415 517 348
1980 6 9,399 517 350
1979 6 9,302 545 335
1978 6 8,836 489 347
1977 8 7,056 575 324
1976 5 9,691 602 299
1975 6 8,274 672 286
1974 9 5,881 700 271
1973 5 8,784 715 265
1972 5 8,620 773 257
1971 11 4,893 907 249
1970 < 5 -- 1,026 231
1969 13 4,026 1,200 209
1968 5 7,305 943 233
1967 5 7,060 985 223
1966 9 4,593 1,049 215
1965 6 5,992 1,227 203
1964 10 4,433 1,256 216
1963 11 4,087 1,450 204
1962 9 4,628 1,514 201
1961 7 5,447 1,665 187
1960 12 3,756 1,722 181
1959 8 4,743 1,591 186
1958 13 3,420 1,698 176
1957 12 3,529 2,025 159
1956 9 4,245 2,368 139
1955 6 5,362 2,156 142
1954 7 4,788 2,036 145
1953 10 3,767 2,697 122
1952 9 3,890 2,408 123
1951 11 3,329 2,049 134
1950 5 5,510 1,814 146
1949 < 5 -- 1,719 151
1948 8 3,968 1,650 153
1947 7 4,474 1,542 161
1946 8 3,753 1,754 137
1945 < 5 -- 1,753 126
1944 5 4,754 1,502 140
1943 < 5 -- 1,234 158
1942 < 5 -- 716 211
1941 < 5 -- 536 238
1940 < 5 -- 456 262
1939 < 5 -- 394 279
1938 < 5 -- 435 264
1937 < 5 -- 406 271
1936 < 5 -- 418 266
1935 < 5 -- 475 243
1934 < 5 -- 506 229
1933 < 5 -- 516 224
1932 < 5 -- 635 202
1931 < 5 -- 567 219
1930 < 5 -- 542 233
1929 < 5 -- 471 257
1928 < 5 -- 454 267
1927 < 5 -- 464 265
1926 < 5 -- 468 260
1925 < 5 -- 470 262
1924 6 4,616 450 270
1923 6 4,522 431 271
1922 7 4,119 447 268
1921 < 5 -- 493 254
1920 < 5 -- 412 273
1919 < 5 -- 380 270
1918 < 5 -- 405 264
1917 < 5 -- 349 274
1916 < 5 -- 397 250
1915 < 5 -- 337 263
1914 < 5 -- 284 257
1913 5 3,318 206 268
1912 < 5 -- 186 260
1911 < 5 -- 87 281
1910 < 5 -- 55 332
1909 < 5 -- 43 359
1908 < 5 -- 50 311
1907 < 5 -- 58 274
1906 < 5 -- 59 258
1905 < 5 -- 35 347
1904 < 5 -- 46 280
1903 < 5 -- 28 361
1902 < 5 -- 40 303
1901 < 5 -- 37 284
1900 < 5 -- 59 267
1899 < 5 -- 41 269
1898 < 5 -- 35 325
1897 < 5 -- 25 379
1896 < 5 -- 28 363
1895 < 5 -- 22 419
1894 < 5 -- 25 371
1893 < 5 -- 24 369
1892 < 5 -- 28 359
1891 < 5 -- 25 342
1890 < 5 -- 24 358
1889 < 5 -- 16 469
1888 < 5 -- 21 405
1887 < 5 -- 19 382
1886 < 5 -- 17 435
1885 < 5 -- 30 309
1884 < 5 -- 21 387
1883 < 5 -- 11 568
1882 < 5 -- 17 440
1881 < 5 -- 21 364
1880 < 5 -- 12 541

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.