How Many People Are Named Dewitt?
people named Dewitt are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 154,444 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,216 babies named Dewitt in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
161 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Dewitt in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dewitt alive today is about 59 years old, and 57% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 45 and 75 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dewitt first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1921, to 161 babies. In 2025, 5 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Dewitt has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #259, in 1893. In 2025 it ranked #12,506.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #12,506 |
| Best rank | #259 (1893) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #524 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dewitt alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dewitt were born in Mississippi than in any other state: about 98 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dewitt was given 9.8 times as often in Mississippi, 3.6 times in Georgia and 3.5 times in North Carolina.
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