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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Year | % | No. of Babies Given Name | Popul. Rank | No. of Babies Given Name | Popul. 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 |