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.

Dwight

#376 most common boys' name of all time · #823 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#376
Rank overall
#823 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
78,907
Since 2016
733
Peak year
1953 #122
Best rank
#122 1953
Girls Boys peak 2,708/yr
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Dwight is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 46 46 #2,766
2024 54 54 #2,504
2023 61 61 #2,290
2022 57 57 #2,438
2021 70 70 #2,079
2020 82 82 #1,818
2019 77 77 #1,918
2018 93 93 #1,690
2017 94 94 #1,681
2016 99 99 #1,620
2015 103 103 #1,569
2014 129 129 #1,341
2013 133 133 #1,297
2012 136 136 #1,285
2011 138 138 #1,250
2010 142 142 #1,241
2009 168 168 #1,099
2008 142 142 #1,229
2007 165 165 #1,103
2006 161 161 #1,091
2005 152 152 #1,082
2004 195 195 #888
2003 177 177 #927
2002 162 162 #974
2001 186 186 #864
2000 215 215 #774
1999 243 243 #691
1998 255 255 #669
1997 244 244 #669
1996 266 266 #636
1995 303 303 #588
1994 361 361 #537
1993 360 360 #541
1992 410 410 #494
1991 466 466 #458
1990 493 493 #446
1989 488 488 #424
1988 487 487 #410
1987 549 549 #355
1986 7 509 516 #366
1985 10 502 512 #365
1984 6 571 577 #330
1983 536 536 #340
1982 492 492 #363
1981 6 515 521 #348
1980 6 517 523 #350
1979 6 546 552 #335
1978 6 489 495 #347
1977 8 573 581 #325
1976 5 602 607 #299
1975 6 673 679 #286
1974 9 700 709 #271
1973 5 715 720 #266
1972 5 773 778 #256
1971 11 906 917 #249
1970 1,026 1,026 #231
1969 13 1,200 1,213 #209
1968 5 943 948 #233
1967 5 984 989 #223
1966 9 1,049 1,058 #215
1965 6 1,227 1,233 #203
1964 10 1,256 1,266 #216
1963 11 1,448 1,459 #205
1962 9 1,514 1,523 #201
1961 8 1,669 1,677 #185
1960 11 1,720 1,731 #181
1959 8 1,593 1,601 #186
1958 13 1,697 1,710 #175
1957 12 2,029 2,041 #159
1956 9 2,369 2,378 #139
1955 6 2,159 2,165 #142
1954 7 2,034 2,041 #145
1953 10 2,698 2,708 #122
1952 9 2,407 2,416 #123
1951 11 2,050 2,061 #134
1950 5 1,812 1,817 #146
1949 1,719 1,719 #151
1948 8 1,650 1,658 #153
1947 7 1,542 1,549 #161
1946 8 1,754 1,762 #137
1945 1,753 1,753 #126
1944 1,504 1,504 #140
1943 1,234 1,234 #158
1942 716 716 #211
1941 536 536 #238
1940 456 456 #262
1939 394 394 #278
1938 435 435 #264
1937 406 406 #271
1936 418 418 #266
1935 475 475 #244
1934 506 506 #229
1933 516 516 #225
1932 635 635 #203
1931 568 568 #219
1930 542 542 #233
1929 471 471 #257
1928 454 454 #267
1927 464 464 #265
1926 468 468 #260
1925 470 470 #262
1924 6 450 456 #270
1923 6 431 437 #271
1922 7 447 454 #268
1921 493 493 #254
1920 412 412 #274
1919 380 380 #270
1918 405 405 #264
1917 349 349 #274
1916 397 397 #250
1915 337 337 #263
1914 284 284 #257
1913 5 206 211 #268
1912 186 186 #260
1911 87 87 #282
1910 55 55 #335
1909 43 43 #360
1908 50 50 #313
1907 58 58 #275
1906 59 59 #259
1905 35 35 #351
1904 46 46 #284
1903 28 28 #368
1902 40 40 #307
1901 37 37 #290
1900 59 59 #268
1899 41 41 #272
1898 35 35 #327
1897 25 25 #381
1896 28 28 #366
1895 22 22 #424
1894 25 25 #375
1893 24 24 #370
1892 28 28 #368
1891 25 25 #348
1890 24 24 #368
1889 16 16 #475
1888 21 21 #414
1887 19 19 #388
1886 17 17 #443
1885 30 30 #311
1884 21 21 #397
1883 11 11 #574
1882 17 17 #446
1881 21 21 #374
1880 12 12 #542