How Many People Are Named Dwight?
people named Dwight are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 6,931 people in the US has this name
Based on 78,907 babies named Dwight in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,708 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname which was derived from the medieval feminine name Diot, a diminutive of Dionysia, the feminine form of DIONYSIUS. In America it was sometimes given in honour of Yale president Timothy Dwight (1752-1817). A famous bearer was the American president Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Dwight, 0.5% were girls and 99.5% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dwight alive today is about 58 years old, and 57% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 47 and 72 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dwight first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1953, to 2,708 babies. In 2025, 46 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Dwight has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #122, in 1953. In 2025 it ranked #2,773.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,773 |
| Best rank | #122 (1953) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #147 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dwight alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dwight were born in Texas than in any other state: about 2,879 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dwight was given 2.2 times as often in North Carolina, 2.2 times in North Dakota and 1.8 times in Kansas.
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