Masculine dossier · first seen 1887

Dewey

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Dewey
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.2% from peak

Peak era

1898

Peak rank proxy

1,115

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1887Peak 18982024

Peak year

1898

Decline from peak

97.2%

2024

All-time

34,345

Dewey once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1898, when 1,115 boys were named Dewey.

In 2024, only 31 boys were given the name.

Down 97.2% from its peak.

All told, about 34,345 Americans have been named Dewey and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1887.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.2% from peak

18981,115 boys named Dewey

202431 boys named Dewey

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