Dwight
Boy · DWITE · English
Dwight is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 2,764th for boys in the US (46 babies).
What does Dwight mean?
English: English surname, possibly from Diot, a medieval pet form of Dionysia
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Allied commander in the Second World War and 34th US president, is the best-known bearer.
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- DWITE
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Is Dwight a girl's or a boy's name?
Dwight is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 46 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dwight in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 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, 4 boys in the UK were named Dwight, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1999, with 9 boys.
2025 had more boys named Dwight than any year since 2005.
Half of all the boys named Dwight in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2005. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Dwight in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 9 | #1,957 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Dwight in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,764among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 46about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 46 boys in the US were named Dwight, making it the 2,764th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,815th. Its busiest year was 1953, with 2,698 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Dwight than any year since 1909.
Half of all the boys named Dwight in the US since 1880 were born between 1946 and 1969, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dwight in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | #2,764 |
| 2024 | 54 | #2,502 |
| 2023 | 61 | #2,289 |
| 2022 | 57 | #2,437 |
| 2021 | 70 | #2,078 |
| 2020 | 82 | #1,815 |
| 2019 | 77 | #1,917 |
| 2018 | 93 | #1,687 |
| 2017 | 94 | #1,681 |
| 2016 | 99 | #1,618 |
| 2015 | 103 | #1,567 |
| 2014 | 129 | #1,340 |
| 2013 | 133 | #1,297 |
| 2012 | 136 | #1,285 |
| 2011 | 138 | #1,250 |
| 2010 | 142 | #1,240 |
| 2009 | 168 | #1,099 |
| 2008 | 142 | #1,227 |
| 2007 | 165 | #1,102 |
| 2006 | 161 | #1,091 |
| 2005 | 152 | #1,080 |
| 2004 | 195 | #887 |
| 2003 | 177 | #925 |
| 2002 | 162 | #972 |
| 2001 | 186 | #862 |
| 2000 | 215 | #771 |
| 1999 | 243 | #689 |
| 1998 | 255 | #669 |
| 1997 | 244 | #669 |
| 1996 | 266 | #636 |
| 1995 | 303 | #587 |
| 1994 | 361 | #536 |
| 1993 | 360 | #541 |
| 1992 | 410 | #494 |
| 1991 | 466 | #458 |
| 1990 | 493 | #445 |
| 1989 | 488 | #424 |
| 1988 | 487 | #410 |
| 1987 | 549 | #355 |
| 1986 | 509 | #366 |
| 1985 | 502 | #365 |
| 1984 | 571 | #330 |
| 1983 | 536 | #340 |
| 1982 | 492 | #363 |
| 1981 | 515 | #348 |
| 1980 | 517 | #350 |
| 1979 | 546 | #335 |
| 1978 | 489 | #347 |
| 1977 | 573 | #325 |
| 1976 | 602 | #299 |
| 1975 | 673 | #286 |
| 1974 | 700 | #271 |
| 1973 | 715 | #265 |
| 1972 | 773 | #256 |
| 1971 | 906 | #249 |
| 1970 | 1,026 | #231 |
| 1969 | 1,200 | #209 |
| 1968 | 943 | #233 |
| 1967 | 984 | #223 |
| 1966 | 1,049 | #215 |
| 1965 | 1,227 | #203 |
| 1964 | 1,256 | #216 |
| 1963 | 1,448 | #204 |
| 1962 | 1,514 | #201 |
| 1961 | 1,669 | #185 |
| 1960 | 1,720 | #181 |
| 1959 | 1,593 | #186 |
| 1958 | 1,697 | #175 |
| 1957 | 2,029 | #159 |
| 1956 | 2,369 | #139 |
| 1955 | 2,159 | #142 |
| 1954 | 2,034 | #145 |
| 1953 | 2,698 | #122 |
| 1952 | 2,407 | #123 |
| 1951 | 2,050 | #134 |
| 1950 | 1,812 | #146 |
| 1949 | 1,719 | #151 |
| 1948 | 1,650 | #153 |
| 1947 | 1,542 | #161 |
| 1946 | 1,754 | #137 |
| 1945 | 1,753 | #126 |
| 1944 | 1,504 | #140 |
| 1943 | 1,234 | #158 |
| 1942 | 716 | #211 |
| 1941 | 536 | #238 |
| 1940 | 456 | #262 |
| 1939 | 394 | #278 |
| 1938 | 435 | #264 |
| 1937 | 406 | #271 |
| 1936 | 418 | #266 |
| 1935 | 475 | #242 |
| 1934 | 506 | #229 |
| 1933 | 516 | #224 |
| 1932 | 635 | #202 |
| 1931 | 568 | #219 |
| 1930 | 542 | #232 |
| 1929 | 471 | #257 |
| 1928 | 454 | #267 |
| 1927 | 464 | #265 |
| 1926 | 468 | #260 |
| 1925 | 470 | #262 |
| 1924 | 450 | #270 |
| 1923 | 431 | #271 |
| 1922 | 447 | #267 |
| 1921 | 493 | #254 |
| 1920 | 412 | #273 |
| 1919 | 380 | #270 |
| 1918 | 405 | #264 |
| 1917 | 349 | #274 |
| 1916 | 397 | #250 |
| 1915 | 337 | #263 |
| 1914 | 284 | #257 |
| 1913 | 206 | #268 |
| 1912 | 186 | #260 |
| 1911 | 87 | #281 |
| 1910 | 55 | #332 |
| 1909 | 43 | #357 |
| 1908 | 50 | #310 |
| 1907 | 58 | #273 |
| 1906 | 59 | #258 |
| 1905 | 35 | #346 |
| 1904 | 46 | #277 |
| 1903 | 28 | #360 |
| 1902 | 40 | #302 |
| 1901 | 37 | #284 |
| 1900 | 59 | #267 |
| 1899 | 41 | #266 |
| 1898 | 35 | #324 |
| 1897 | 25 | #375 |
| 1896 | 28 | #363 |
| 1895 | 22 | #414 |
| 1894 | 25 | #367 |
| 1893 | 24 | #368 |
| 1892 | 28 | #357 |
| 1891 | 25 | #340 |
| 1890 | 24 | #358 |
| 1889 | 16 | #464 |
| 1888 | 21 | #404 |
| 1887 | 19 | #377 |
| 1886 | 17 | #431 |
| 1885 | 30 | #307 |
| 1884 | 21 | #386 |
| 1883 | 11 | #556 |
| 1882 | 17 | #437 |
| 1881 | 21 | #360 |
| 1880 | 12 | #526 |
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