Dewan — #10041 US boys' name
653 babies named Dewan in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 30% of names given to boys today.
25% of everyone ever named Dewan was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Dewan in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dewan
The Social Security Administration has registered 653 babies named Dewan between 1962 and 2024, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dewan currently holds the #10041 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dewan performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 162 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Dewan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dewan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dewan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 653 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Dewan at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dewan popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1962
- Peak year (1979)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 63 years of records
Currently ranks #10041 among boys.
653 total births across 63 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 27 births in a single year.
Dewan popularity over time — girls
16 total births recorded since 1969 (Dewan as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Dewan accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Dewan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 162 births that decade — 25% of Dewan's all-time total
Dewan decade highlights
- Peak decade 162 births
- Runner-up 161 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Dewan's strongest decade
162 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Dewan by state
Where Dewan concentrates geographically — total births since 1962
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 5 | 0.8% |
5 of 653 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Florida 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 0.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1962–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.