Dewey
Boy · DOO-ee · Hebrew
Dewey is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “beloved”. In 2025 it ranked 3,847th for boys in the US (28 babies).
What does Dewey mean?
Hebrew: Welsh surname from Dewi, the Welsh form of David
“beloved”
Admiral George Dewey's 1898 victory at Manila Bay made the surname a popular American first name.
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Is Dewey a girl's or a boy's name?
Dewey is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dewey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,847among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 61,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 28 boys in the US were named Dewey, making it the 3,847th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,568th. Its busiest year was 1898, with 1,115 boys. It first appears in the records in 1887.
Half of all the boys named Dewey in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 1954, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dewey in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #3,847 |
| 2024 | 31 | #3,603 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 35 | #3,295 |
| 2020 | 30 | #3,568 |
| 2019 | 28 | #3,791 |
| 2018 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 28 | #3,659 |
| 2012 | 33 | #3,294 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 36 | #3,163 |
| 2007 | 42 | #2,810 |
| 2006 | 27 | #3,684 |
| 2005 | 30 | #3,315 |
| 2004 | 38 | #2,737 |
| 2003 | 30 | #3,114 |
| 2002 | 33 | #2,813 |
| 2001 | 24 | #3,507 |
| 2000 | 32 | #2,800 |
| 1999 | 29 | #2,861 |
| 1998 | 50 | #1,928 |
| 1997 | 37 | #2,257 |
| 1996 | 50 | #1,813 |
| 1995 | 36 | #2,205 |
| 1994 | 44 | #1,889 |
| 1993 | 51 | #1,694 |
| 1992 | 68 | #1,366 |
| 1991 | 62 | #1,437 |
| 1990 | 65 | #1,378 |
| 1989 | 77 | #1,215 |
| 1988 | 76 | #1,151 |
| 1987 | 74 | #1,113 |
| 1986 | 88 | #982 |
| 1985 | 67 | #1,132 |
| 1984 | 93 | #913 |
| 1983 | 99 | #884 |
| 1982 | 108 | #853 |
| 1981 | 105 | #865 |
| 1980 | 134 | #758 |
| 1979 | 142 | #727 |
| 1978 | 118 | #774 |
| 1977 | 139 | #723 |
| 1976 | 134 | #722 |
| 1975 | 164 | #630 |
| 1974 | 159 | #639 |
| 1973 | 149 | #653 |
| 1972 | 182 | #591 |
| 1971 | 220 | #541 |
| 1970 | 228 | #535 |
| 1969 | 216 | #534 |
| 1968 | 225 | #503 |
| 1967 | 208 | #518 |
| 1966 | 235 | #494 |
| 1965 | 271 | #473 |
| 1964 | 281 | #472 |
| 1963 | 291 | #460 |
| 1962 | 279 | #476 |
| 1961 | 303 | #465 |
| 1960 | 318 | #452 |
| 1959 | 328 | #440 |
| 1958 | 331 | #432 |
| 1957 | 367 | #407 |
| 1956 | 389 | #381 |
| 1955 | 403 | #360 |
| 1954 | 392 | #363 |
| 1953 | 390 | #349 |
| 1952 | 420 | #338 |
| 1951 | 418 | #332 |
| 1950 | 393 | #339 |
| 1949 | 461 | #316 |
| 1948 | 615 | #266 |
| 1947 | 553 | #293 |
| 1946 | 522 | #282 |
| 1945 | 478 | #273 |
| 1944 | 653 | #213 |
| 1943 | 566 | #248 |
| 1942 | 506 | #265 |
| 1941 | 476 | #256 |
| 1940 | 542 | #229 |
| 1939 | 478 | #241 |
| 1938 | 501 | #238 |
| 1937 | 479 | #241 |
| 1936 | 500 | #229 |
| 1935 | 503 | #230 |
| 1934 | 514 | #228 |
| 1933 | 520 | #221 |
| 1932 | 583 | #212 |
| 1931 | 597 | #211 |
| 1930 | 653 | #205 |
| 1929 | 634 | #208 |
| 1928 | 675 | #202 |
| 1927 | 720 | #197 |
| 1926 | 767 | #188 |
| 1925 | 798 | #181 |
| 1924 | 773 | #186 |
| 1923 | 762 | #185 |
| 1922 | 714 | #193 |
| 1921 | 762 | #184 |
| 1920 | 619 | #208 |
| 1919 | 607 | #205 |
| 1918 | 556 | #223 |
| 1917 | 417 | #247 |
| 1916 | 357 | #268 |
| 1915 | 286 | #301 |
| 1914 | 205 | #316 |
| 1913 | 172 | #302 |
| 1912 | 166 | #276 |
| 1911 | 107 | #248 |
| 1910 | 87 | #261 |
| 1909 | 91 | #226 |
| 1908 | 99 | #204 |
| 1907 | 93 | #207 |
| 1906 | 83 | #213 |
| 1905 | 99 | #184 |
| 1904 | 97 | #185 |
| 1903 | 140 | #133 |
| 1902 | 136 | #139 |
| 1901 | 137 | #121 |
| 1900 | 345 | #75 |
| 1899 | 499 | #39 |
| 1898 | 1,115 | #19 |
| 1897 | 158 | #111 |
| 1896 | 63 | #224 |
| 1895 | 28 | #347 |
| 1894 | 17 | #480 |
| 1893 | 8 | #768 |
| 1892 | 8 | #791 |
| 1891 | 9 | #635 |
| 1890 | 16 | #458 |
| 1889 | 13 | #525 |
| 1888 | 7 | #815 |
| 1887 | 5 | #921 |
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