Dewaun — boys' name
145 babies named Dewaun in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
145 boys have been named Dewaun since 1978, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2019.
- 145
- total births
- 1978–2019
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 41%
- born in that decade
41% of everyone ever named Dewaun was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Dewaun in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dewaun
The Social Security Administration has registered 145 babies named Dewaun between 1978 and 2019, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dewaun currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dewaun performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 60 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Dewaun shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dewaun 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 145 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.
Dewaun at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dewaun popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1978
- Peak year (1982)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
145 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 10 births in a single year.
Dewaun by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 60 births that decade — 41% of Dewaun's all-time total
Dewaun decade highlights
- Peak decade 60 births
- Runner-up 34 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Dewaun's strongest decade
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
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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, 1978–2019 (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.