Dewitt — boys' name

What the Data Says About Dewitt

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,210 babies named Dewitt between 1880 and 2023, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dewitt currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 161 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dewitt performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,402 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Dewitt shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 583 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Dewitt in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dewitt 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 7,210 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.