Dwight is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 1953 and has since faded.
Dwight is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,774 for boy births in the United States (and #5,934 across all names), given to 46 babies. Dwight first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1953 (2,698 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | 46 | — | #2,774 |
| 2024 | 54 | 54 | — | #2,510 |
| 2023 | 61 | 61 | — | #2,296 |
| 2022 | 57 | 57 | — | #2,447 |
| 2021 | 70 | 70 | — | #2,083 |
| 2020 | 82 | 82 | — | #1,817 |
| 2019 | 77 | 77 | — | #1,921 |
| 2018 | 93 | 93 | — | #1,690 |
| 2017 | 94 | 94 | — | #1,686 |
| 2016 | 99 | 99 | — | #1,620 |
| 2015 | 103 | 103 | — | #1,570 |
| 2014 | 129 | 129 | — | #1,342 |
| 2013 | 133 | 133 | — | #1,300 |
| 2012 | 136 | 136 | — | #1,287 |
| 2011 | 138 | 138 | — | #1,253 |
| 2010 | 142 | 147 | — | #1,244 |
| 2009 | 168 | 168 | — | #1,099 |
| 2008 | 142 | 142 | — | #1,227 |
| 2007 | 165 | 165 | — | #1,106 |
| 2006 | 161 | 161 | — | #1,094 |
| 2005 | 152 | 152 | — | #1,084 |
| 2004 | 195 | 195 | — | #888 |
| 2003 | 177 | 177 | — | #928 |
| 2002 | 162 | 162 | — | #973 |
| 2001 | 186 | 186 | — | #863 |
| 2000 | 215 | 215 | — | #773 |
| 1999 | 243 | 243 | — | #692 |
| 1998 | 255 | 255 | — | #669 |
| 1997 | 244 | — | — | #670 |
| 1996 | 266 | — | — | #636 |
| 1995 | 303 | — | — | #588 |
| 1994 | 361 | — | — | #537 |
| 1993 | 360 | — | — | #541 |
| 1992 | 410 | — | — | #494 |
| 1991 | 466 | — | — | #458 |
| 1990 | 493 | — | — | #446 |
| 1989 | 488 | — | — | #424 |
| 1988 | 487 | — | — | #411 |
| 1987 | 549 | — | — | #355 |
| 1986 | 516 | — | #8,797 | #367 |
| 1985 | 512 | — | #6,584 | #366 |
| 1984 | 577 | — | #9,459 | #330 |
| 1983 | 536 | — | — | #340 |
| 1982 | 492 | — | — | #363 |
| 1981 | 521 | — | #9,421 | #348 |
| 1980 | 523 | — | #9,406 | #350 |
| 1979 | 552 | — | #9,306 | #335 |
| 1978 | 495 | — | #8,842 | #347 |
| 1977 | 581 | — | #7,058 | #325 |
| 1976 | 607 | — | #9,695 | #299 |
| 1975 | 679 | — | #8,276 | #286 |
| 1974 | 709 | — | #5,884 | #271 |
| 1973 | 720 | — | #8,790 | #265 |
| 1972 | 778 | — | #8,620 | #257 |
| 1971 | 917 | — | #4,892 | #249 |
| 1970 | 1,026 | — | — | #231 |
| 1969 | 1,213 | — | #4,023 | #209 |
| 1968 | 948 | — | #7,307 | #233 |
| 1967 | 989 | — | #7,062 | #223 |
| 1966 | 1,058 | — | #4,594 | #215 |
| 1965 | 1,233 | — | #5,994 | #203 |
| 1964 | 1,266 | — | #4,433 | #216 |
| 1963 | 1,459 | — | #4,086 | #204 |
| 1962 | 1,523 | — | #4,628 | #201 |
| 1961 | 1,677 | — | #4,998 | #185 |
| 1960 | 1,731 | — | #3,979 | #181 |
| 1959 | 1,601 | — | #4,743 | #186 |
| 1958 | 1,710 | — | #3,422 | #175 |
| 1957 | 2,041 | — | #3,531 | #159 |
| 1956 | 2,378 | — | #4,247 | #139 |
| 1955 | 2,165 | — | #5,363 | #142 |
| 1954 | 2,041 | — | #4,790 | #145 |
| 1953 | 2,708 | — | #3,774 | #122 |
| 1952 | 2,416 | — | #3,890 | #123 |
| 1951 | 2,061 | — | #3,332 | #134 |
| 1950 | 1,817 | — | #5,511 | #146 |
| 1949 | 1,719 | — | — | #151 |
| 1948 | 1,658 | — | #3,968 | #153 |
| 1947 | 1,549 | — | #4,472 | #161 |
| 1946 | 1,762 | — | #3,754 | #137 |
| 1945 | 1,753 | — | — | #126 |
| 1944 | 1,504 | — | — | #140 |
| 1943 | 1,234 | — | — | #158 |
| 1942 | 716 | — | — | #211 |
| 1941 | 536 | — | — | #238 |
| 1940 | 456 | — | — | #262 |
| 1939 | 394 | — | — | #279 |
| 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 | — | — | #233 |
| 1929 | 471 | — | — | #257 |
| 1928 | 454 | — | — | #267 |
| 1927 | 464 | — | — | #265 |
| 1926 | 468 | — | — | #260 |
| 1925 | 470 | — | — | #262 |
| 1924 | 456 | — | #4,616 | #270 |
| 1923 | 437 | — | #4,522 | #271 |
| 1922 | 454 | — | #4,119 | #268 |
| 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 | 211 | — | #3,318 | #268 |
| 1912 | 186 | — | — | #260 |
| 1911 | 87 | — | — | #281 |
| 1910 | 55 | — | — | #332 |
| 1909 | 43 | — | — | #359 |
| 1908 | 50 | — | — | #311 |
| 1907 | 58 | — | — | #274 |
| 1906 | 59 | — | — | #258 |
| 1905 | 35 | — | — | #347 |
| 1904 | 46 | — | — | #280 |
| 1903 | 28 | — | — | #361 |
| 1902 | 40 | — | — | #303 |
| 1901 | 37 | — | — | #284 |
| 1900 | 59 | — | — | #267 |
| 1899 | 41 | — | — | #269 |
| 1898 | 35 | — | — | #325 |
| 1897 | 25 | — | — | #379 |
| 1896 | 28 | — | — | #363 |
| 1895 | 22 | — | — | #419 |
| 1894 | 25 | — | — | #371 |
| 1893 | 24 | — | — | #369 |
| 1892 | 28 | — | — | #359 |
| 1891 | 25 | — | — | #342 |
| 1890 | 24 | — | — | #358 |
| 1889 | 16 | — | — | #469 |
| 1888 | 21 | — | — | #405 |
| 1887 | 19 | — | — | #382 |
| 1886 | 17 | — | — | #435 |
| 1885 | 30 | — | — | #309 |
| 1884 | 21 | — | — | #387 |
| 1883 | 11 | — | — | #568 |
| 1882 | 17 | — | — | #440 |
| 1881 | 21 | — | — | #364 |
| 1880 | 12 | — | — | #541 |