Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Dewan

#6,130 most common boys' name of all time · #15,274 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1962–2024

Rank among boys
#6,130
Rank overall
#15,274 of 105,966
First appeared
1962
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
669
Since 2016
34
Peak year
1979 #1,974
Best rank
#1,974 1979
Girls Boys peak 27/yr
198020002020

Dewan first appears in 1962. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2024 — 7 7 #10,096
2021 — 7 7 #9,920
2020 — 5 5 #12,343
2018 — 6 6 #11,000
2017 — 9 9 #8,285
2015 — 7 7 #9,783
2014 — 8 8 #8,965
2012 — 10 10 #7,696
2011 — 11 11 #7,120
2009 — 6 6 #11,269
2008 — 9 9 #8,488
2007 — 12 12 #6,738
2006 — 10 10 #7,566
2005 — 14 14 #5,650
2004 — 11 11 #6,639
2003 — 8 8 #8,055
2002 — 14 14 #5,212
2001 — 12 12 #5,774
2000 — 16 16 #4,640
1999 — 10 10 #6,202
1998 — 12 12 #5,256
1997 — 12 12 #5,064
1996 — 11 11 #5,314
1995 — 18 18 #3,608
1994 — 15 15 #4,169
1993 — 7 7 #7,086
1992 — 18 18 #3,522
1991 — 13 13 #4,336
1990 — 13 13 #4,289
1989 — 15 15 #3,720
1988 — 18 18 #3,026
1987 — 23 23 #2,445
1986 — 18 18 #2,839
1985 — 16 16 #3,032
1984 — 5 5 #6,716
1983 — 19 19 #2,553
1982 — 15 15 #3,051
1981 — 13 13 #3,335
1980 — 20 20 #2,508
1979 — 27 27 #1,974
1978 — 20 20 #2,348
1977 — 19 19 #2,432
1976 5 12 17 #3,210
1975 — 19 19 #2,341
1974 — 12 12 #3,077
1973 — 20 20 #2,113
1972 — 13 13 #2,791
1971 5 13 18 #2,804
1970 — 6 6 #4,577
1969 6 8 14 #3,554
1965 — 6 6 #3,884
1962 — 5 5 #4,585