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How popular is the name Dewey?
Births per year, rank history and how many Deweys are alive today.
Dewey (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Duy in England and Wales, ranked 5137th in 2025 and given to 3 babies. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
Across all spellings of the name, the Duy you are most likely to meet is around 0 years old - or else around 31: the name has two living generations. Half of all Duys born in England and Wales are between 9 and 31, and there are at least 99 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Duy - on average, only one in every 3,061 such rooms contains a Duy.
How many babies are named Dewey each year?
Includes all spellings: Dewey, Duy. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Dewey spelling rank?
Where does the Duy spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Dewey most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Duy, peaked in 2025, when 6 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Dewey spelling itself peaked in 2025, with 3 babies.
How many people are called Dewey?
At least 99 people named Dewey in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Dewey?
Most living Deweys are between 9 and 31; the most common age is about 0. There is a second cluster around 31.
Is Dewey becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.