Dwight
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Dwight
This presidential name is in style limbo today - or, some might say, in the the sweet spot of familiar but little-used.
Dwight is also given to girls.
Pronounced DWYT.
As of October 2026, Dwight ranked #2774 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #122 in 1953.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,342 | 129 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #1,570 | 103 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #1,620 | 99 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #1,698 | 93 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #1,690 | 93 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #1,920 | 77 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #1,816 | 82 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #2,083 | 70 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #2,445 | 57 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #2,295 | 61 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #2,527 | 53 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #2,774 | 46 | — | 0 |
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Dwight on lists
Famous Dwights
- Dwight David "Ike" EisenhowerBoy
34th U.S. president
- Dwight David YoakamBoy
American singer
- Dwight HowardBoy
American NBA basketball player
- Dwight FreeneyBoy
American NFL basketball player
- Dwight Conroy FarrellBoy
American rapper
- Dwight Lyman Moody (1837Boy
1899), Christian Evangelist and Publisher, founder of Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, IL
- Dwight Filley DavisBoy
Sr., American politician and tennis player
- Dwight Devon Boyd GayleBoy
English professional footballer
Dwight in pop culture
- Dwight Kurt SchruteBoy
character on the US show "The Office"
- Dwight BabcockBoy
character from book/movie "Auntie Mame"
- Dwight HendricksonBoy
character from TV show "Haven"
- DwightBoy
character on "The Walking Dead"
- Dr Dwight EnysBoy
character from TV show "Poldark"