Dewey — #3594 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Dewey

The Social Security Administration has registered 34,345 babies named Dewey between 1887 and 2024, spanning 138 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dewey currently holds the #3594 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1898, when 1,115 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dewey performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 7,224 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Dewey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 2,819 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kentucky and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Dewey in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dewey 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 34,345 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.