Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Dewitt

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

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1921

Peak era

1921

Peak rank proxy

161

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19212024

Peak year

1921

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

7,210

Dewitt is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1921, when 161 boys were named Dewitt.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 7,210 Americans have been named Dewitt and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1921

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