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Dwight

Pronounced /ˈdwaɪt/

Rank in 2024
#2,539
Born in 2024
53
Peak year
1953 · #122
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 53 boys were named Dwight, about 1 in every 32,364.
  • It peaked in 1953 with 2,698 babies, ranked #122.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 78,541 boys have been named Dwight since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Dwight per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.4
    Greatest
  2. 0.6
    Silent
  3. 0.9
    Boomers
  4. 0.5
    Gen X
  5. 0.2
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 6,717 babies, 0.40 per 1,000. Silent: 12,019 babies, 0.58 per 1,000. Boomers: 35,120 babies, 0.94 per 1,000. Gen X: 12,923 babies, 0.47 per 1,000. Millennials: 7,310 babies, 0.24 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,881 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,050 babies, 0.05 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Probably from a Middle English female name Diot, a pet form of Dionysia, the feminine form of Dionysius.

  • A surname transferred from the given name.
  • (chiefly US) A male given name transferred from the surname.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈdwaɪt/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Dwight, CC BY-SA 4.0.