How rare is the name Dwight?

49,320 people in the United States have the first name Dwight, about 1 in 6,124. It ranks #916 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DWIGHT

#916

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
49,320
About
1 in 6,124
This common or more
68.8%
Who bears it

Of the 49,320 people named Dwight, 59.3% reported their origin as White, 33.3% as Black and 2.9% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Dwight peaked in 1953, when 2,708 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1953
Births that year
2,708
In 2025*
46 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 78,907 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Dwight by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #315. The largest share of babies named Dwight, 44.7%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1880s#884185
1890s#896277
1900s#799455
1910s#6052,691
1920s#5744,579
1930s#5154,895
1940s#34012,887
1950s#31520,938
1960s#44313,097
1970s#6137,064
1980s#7875,201
1990s#1,2103,401
2000s#2,2661,723
2010s#3,2541,144
2020s#4,849370
Before 19010.7%
Greatest Generation 1901–278.5%
Silent Generation 1928–4515.2%
Baby boom 1946–6444.7%
Generation X 1965–8016.5%
Millennials 1981–969.3%
Generation Z 1997–123.7%
2013 and later1.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Dwight is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Dwight has been most common in North Dakota (2.5×), North Carolina (2.1×), and Kansas (2×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.17×).

73,330 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Dwight

#914 Wilma · 49,398#915 Aimee · 49,383#917 Ted · 49,170#918 Janelle · 48,979

Also a last name

As a last name, Dwight ranks #14,513 of 156,621, with 1,976 people. See Dwight as a last name

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