Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Dwight

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

Endangered Down 98% from peak

Peak era

1953

Peak rank proxy

2,698

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19532024

Peak year

1953

Decline from peak

98%

2024

All-time

78,541

Dwight 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 1953, when 2,698 boys were named Dwight.

In 2024, only 53 boys were given the name.

Down 98% from its peak.

All told, about 78,541 Americans have been named Dwight and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98% from peak

19532,698 boys named Dwight

202453 boys named Dwight

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