Dwann — boys' name
20 babies named Dwann in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
70% of everyone ever named Dwann was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Dwann in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dwann
The Social Security Administration has registered 20 babies named Dwann between 1973 and 1988, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dwann currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Dwann is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1983.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dwann performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 14 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Dwann shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dwann 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 20 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.
Dwann at a glance
Last recorded 1988Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dwann popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1973
- Peak year (1988)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1988.
20 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 9 births in a single year.
Dwann popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1983 (Dwann as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Dwann accounts for 20% of total recorded use across both genders.
Dwann by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 14 births that decade — 70% of Dwann's all-time total
Dwann decade highlights
- Peak decade 14 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Dwann's strongest decade
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 70% 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, 1973–1988 (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.