Dwight — #2523 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Dwight

The Social Security Administration has registered 78,541 babies named Dwight between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dwight currently holds the #2523 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1953, when 2,698 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dwight performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 20,848 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Dwight shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5,057 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Dwight in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dwight 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 78,541 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.