Dwight
Dwight is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 53 births. Its best rank was 122nd, in 1953.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 530.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 19532,698 births
- Best rank
- #122in 1953
- Since 1880
- 78,541people given the name
The story in the numbers
78,541 boys have been named Dwight in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1953, with 2,698 births — 0.14% of all boys recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 53 births in 2024, against 2,698 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1956, and the 1950s alone account for 27%. It has spent 125 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Dwight | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 185 | |
| 1890s | 277 | |
| 1900s | 455 | |
| 1910s | 2,686 | |
| 1920s | 4,560 | |
| 1930s | 4,895 | |
| 1940s | 12,864 | |
| 1950s | 20,848 | |
| 1960s | 13,010 | |
| 1970s | 7,003 | |
| 1980s | 5,168 | |
| 1990s | 3,401 | |
| 2000s | 1,723 | |
| 2010s | 1,143 | |
| 2020s | 323 |
In 1953, its biggest year
Dwight was the 122nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1953 were Robert, James, Michael, John and David. See all of 1953.
Names that rose and fell with Dwight
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Randolphpeak 1952
- Erniepeak 1959
- Randlepeak 1954
- Stuartpeak 1960
- Kennethpeak 1957
- Gerardpeak 1956
- Douglasspeak 1970
- Lanniepeak 1949
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.