Dewan vs Dewitt
American parents have registered 7,216 Dewitts since 1880, against 669 Dewans. Dewitt is still ahead, with 5 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Dewan Dewitt
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 146 years in which either name was published, Dewitt for 133 years and Dewan for 13 years. The lead changed hands 18 times.
- 1880–1993 Dewitt ahead, apart from one short spell
- 2005–2007 Dewan ahead
- 2008–2023 Dewitt ahead, apart from 2 short spells
13 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Dewan | Dewitt | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 669 | 7,216 |
| Most in one year | 27 | 161 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 5 |
| Estimated living today | 630 | 2,200 |
| Median age today | 36 | 63 |
| Peak year | 1979 | 1921 |
| Best rank | 1,943rd boys | 487th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 12,008th |
| First recorded | 1962 | 1880 |
| Girls / boys | 16 / 653 | 0 / 7,216 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Dewitts alive today are over 63; half the Dewans are over 36. That is 27 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Dewan and Dewitt.