Dewie — boys' name
239 babies named Dewie in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1928. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
53% of everyone ever named Dewie was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Dewie in 1928 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dewie
The Social Security Administration has registered 239 babies named Dewie between 1914 and 1942, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dewie currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1942. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 18 babies received it in a single year. Dewie is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 16 additional births since 1898.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dewie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 126 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Dewie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dewie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dewie 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 239 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.
Dewie at a glance
Last recorded 1942Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dewie popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–1914
- Peak year (1928)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1942.
239 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1928 with 18 births in a single year.
Dewie popularity over time — girls
16 total births recorded since 1898 (Dewie as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Dewie accounts for 6% of total recorded use across both genders.
Dewie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 126 births that decade — 53% of Dewie's all-time total
Dewie decade highlights
- Peak decade 126 births
- Runner-up 60 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Dewie's strongest decade
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
Dewie by state
Where Dewie concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.1% |
5 of 239 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.1% 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, 1914–1942 (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.