Dwan
Dwan was last recorded in 2023, when 5 babies were given it; 2,131 Americans have been recorded with it between 1924 and 2023 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,940 Americans named Dwan and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (91% of everyone recorded); the median is 45 years old and half are between 39 and 54.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Dwan by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Dwan?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #12,728, in 2023; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
239 babies in 1983, the peak
Dwan peaked in 1983, when 239 babies were given it (66 boys, #1,097 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | under 5 | 5 | #12,728 | |
| 2017 | under 5 | 5 | #12,807 | |
| 2016 | under 5 | 5 | #12,732 | |
| 2015 | under 5 | 9 | #8,222 | |
| 2014 | under 5 | 9 | #8,310 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 6 | #11,109 | |
| 2012 | under 5 | 7 | #10,001 | |
| 2011 | under 5 | 9 | #8,250 | |
| 2010 | under 5 | 15 | #5,810 | |
| 2009 | under 5 | 15 | #5,881 |
Every recorded year (75)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | under 5 | 7 | #10,157 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 12 | #6,744 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 12 | #6,572 | |
| 2005 | under 5 | 11 | #6,752 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 17 | #4,849 | |
| 2003 | under 5 | 6 | #9,928 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 17 | #4,552 | |
| 2001 | under 5 | 17 | #4,536 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 21 | #3,807 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 19 | #3,876 | |
| 1998 | under 5 | 22 | #3,413 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 20 | #3,485 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 20 | #3,440 | |
| 1995 | under 5 | 31 | #2,456 | |
| 1994 | under 5 | 20 | #3,354 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 17 | #3,699 | |
| 1992 | under 5 | 19 | #3,366 | |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,773 | 16 | #3,694 |
| 1990 | under 5 | 22 | #2,882 | |
| 1989 | 6 | #11,228 | 30 | #2,254 |
| 1988 | 5 | #12,343 | 27 | #2,263 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,516 | 19 | #2,751 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,252 | 21 | #2,542 |
| 1985 | 25 | #3,441 | 33 | #1,806 |
| 1984 | 33 | #2,745 | 27 | #1,996 |
| 1983 | 173 | #875 | 66 | #1,097 |
| 1982 | 23 | #3,556 | 18 | #2,622 |
| 1981 | 31 | #2,865 | 23 | #2,219 |
| 1980 | 42 | #2,317 | 24 | #2,177 |
| 1979 | 36 | #2,541 | 26 | #2,006 |
| 1978 | 39 | #2,319 | 31 | #1,732 |
| 1977 | 61 | #1,704 | 44 | #1,378 |
| 1976 | 47 | #1,914 | 51 | #1,213 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,934 | 28 | #1,760 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,799 | 25 | #1,845 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,229 | 25 | #1,791 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,872 | 14 | #2,569 |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,194 | 30 | #1,610 |
| 1970 | 32 | #2,366 | 28 | #1,631 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,358 | 19 | #1,924 |
| 1968 | 17 | #3,209 | 10 | #2,790 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,710 | 13 | #2,271 |
| 1966 | 11 | #4,023 | 13 | #2,256 |
| 1965 | 17 | #3,080 | 11 | #2,515 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,934 | 17 | #1,996 |
| 1963 | 19 | #2,897 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,071 | 14 | #2,212 |
| 1961 | 14 | #3,495 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1960 | 14 | #3,397 | 8 | #3,156 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,147 | 8 | #3,099 |
| 1958 | 14 | #3,268 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,310 | 13 | #2,300 |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,979 | 16 | #2,031 |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,128 | 6 | #3,606 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,379 | 14 | #2,139 |
| 1953 | 9 | #4,021 | 10 | #2,584 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,888 | under 5 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 9 | #2,628 | |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,456 | under 5 | |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,462 | under 5 | |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,529 | under 5 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 5 | #3,659 | |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,380 | under 5 | |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,756 | under 5 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 5 | #4,517 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Dwan a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 2,131 Americans recorded as Dwan, 43% are girls and 57% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Dwan: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Dwan, and how old are they?
1,940 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 91% of the 2,131 Americans ever recorded as Dwan. The median Dwan alive today is 45 years old; half are between 39 and 54.
The 2020 Census counted 1,632 people named Dwan (784 women and girls, 848 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,982 born in the U.S. The Census count is 18% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 246 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 717 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 709 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 223 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 39 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 11,412 babies since 1880, Dwan is the second most given (19% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Dwan
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Dwan and names like it
- Compare Dwan and DwainBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sDwan peaked in 1983.
- Louisiana’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Dwan since 1910.
- The top names of 1983The year the most babies were named Dwan.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Dwan alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with DMost given first.