Boys' name · since 1978
Dewaun
Dewaun has 145 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1982 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,969 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 145
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Dewaun sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 145 recorded since 1978.
Dewaun has 145 recorded births among boys since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2019.
- #14,969 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 145 born since 1978
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dewaun ranks #14,969 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 145 born since 1978, peaking in the 1980s.
- #14,969 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 145
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Dewaun's 145 recorded births place it above 67.02% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dewaun's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dewaun's SSA record in two at 1990 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1985, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1982 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dewaun popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2019
- Peak year (1982)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Dewaun by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (60 births, 41% of the file).
1980s was Dewaun's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Dewaun births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
- 1980s
1980s
60 births
- 1990s
1990s
34 births
- 2000s
2000s
26 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 60 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Dewaun's decade-level peak was the 1980s (60 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dewaun: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~41 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1978–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dewaun draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.