Dewitt
Boy · deh-WIT · Germanic
Dewitt is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “the white, fair-haired”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Dewitt mean?
Germanic: Dutch surname De Witt
“the white, fair-haired”
DeWitt Clinton, governor of New York, championed the building of the Erie Canal.
- Say it
- deh-WIT
Is Dewitt a girl's or a boy's name?
Dewitt is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dewitt in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Dewitt, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 161 boys.
Half of all the boys named Dewitt in the US since 1880 were born between 1918 and 1953, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dewitt in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 22 | #3,036 |
| 1992 | 25 | #2,741 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,160 |
| 1989 | 28 | #2,353 |
| 1988 | 20 | #2,760 |
| 1987 | 29 | #2,053 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,888 |
| 1985 | 23 | #2,292 |
| 1984 | 24 | #2,158 |
| 1983 | 24 | #2,139 |
| 1982 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1981 | 18 | #2,568 |
| 1980 | 31 | #1,808 |
| 1979 | 32 | #1,753 |
| 1978 | 25 | #1,965 |
| 1977 | 24 | #2,008 |
| 1976 | 19 | #2,328 |
| 1975 | 28 | #1,752 |
| 1974 | 24 | #1,886 |
| 1973 | 31 | #1,548 |
| 1972 | 38 | #1,364 |
| 1971 | 33 | #1,494 |
| 1970 | 31 | #1,522 |
| 1969 | 29 | #1,492 |
| 1968 | 43 | #1,147 |
| 1967 | 36 | #1,252 |
| 1966 | 37 | #1,236 |
| 1965 | 37 | #1,254 |
| 1964 | 66 | #936 |
| 1963 | 54 | #1,026 |
| 1962 | 62 | #966 |
| 1961 | 52 | #1,077 |
| 1960 | 58 | #1,007 |
| 1959 | 55 | #1,033 |
| 1958 | 66 | #935 |
| 1957 | 69 | #912 |
| 1956 | 77 | #853 |
| 1955 | 71 | #873 |
| 1954 | 70 | #875 |
| 1953 | 77 | #818 |
| 1952 | 77 | #800 |
| 1951 | 81 | #780 |
| 1950 | 78 | #771 |
| 1949 | 94 | #706 |
| 1948 | 83 | #736 |
| 1947 | 83 | #752 |
| 1946 | 88 | #689 |
| 1945 | 71 | #728 |
| 1944 | 87 | #664 |
| 1943 | 94 | #662 |
| 1942 | 86 | #693 |
| 1941 | 80 | #683 |
| 1940 | 78 | #686 |
| 1939 | 84 | #647 |
| 1938 | 76 | #694 |
| 1937 | 100 | #575 |
| 1936 | 97 | #586 |
| 1935 | 77 | #688 |
| 1934 | 81 | #673 |
| 1933 | 81 | #642 |
| 1932 | 120 | #535 |
| 1931 | 98 | #590 |
| 1930 | 127 | #529 |
| 1929 | 111 | #561 |
| 1928 | 107 | #598 |
| 1927 | 136 | #524 |
| 1926 | 121 | #559 |
| 1925 | 144 | #506 |
| 1924 | 151 | #508 |
| 1923 | 160 | #481 |
| 1922 | 159 | #493 |
| 1921 | 161 | #487 |
| 1920 | 152 | #489 |
| 1919 | 150 | #486 |
| 1918 | 159 | #470 |
| 1917 | 133 | #497 |
| 1916 | 140 | #481 |
| 1915 | 122 | #503 |
| 1914 | 93 | #507 |
| 1913 | 80 | #486 |
| 1912 | 77 | #446 |
| 1911 | 37 | #481 |
| 1910 | 44 | #396 |
| 1909 | 37 | #403 |
| 1908 | 25 | #499 |
| 1907 | 21 | #511 |
| 1906 | 33 | #363 |
| 1905 | 38 | #322 |
| 1904 | 31 | #360 |
| 1903 | 27 | #370 |
| 1902 | 33 | #337 |
| 1901 | 27 | #353 |
| 1900 | 37 | #357 |
| 1899 | 23 | #384 |
| 1898 | 44 | #268 |
| 1897 | 30 | #339 |
| 1896 | 31 | #338 |
| 1895 | 40 | #279 |
| 1894 | 34 | #298 |
| 1893 | 46 | #258 |
| 1892 | 42 | #279 |
| 1891 | 31 | #297 |
| 1890 | 30 | #316 |
| 1889 | 34 | #288 |
| 1888 | 32 | #314 |
| 1887 | 31 | #299 |
| 1886 | 35 | #288 |
| 1885 | 19 | #411 |
| 1884 | 20 | #399 |
| 1883 | 21 | #371 |
| 1882 | 17 | #437 |
| 1881 | 24 | #332 |
| 1880 | 30 | #305 |
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