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How popular is the name Dwight?
Births per year, rank history and how many Dwights are alive today.
Dwight (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 4275th in 2025 and given to 4 babies. The name peaked in 1999, when 9 babies were given the name, the 1383rd most popular that year. It has declined since 1999; the 2025 figure is roughly 44% of its peak.
The Dwight you are most likely to meet is around 26 years old. Half of all Dwights born in England and Wales are between 17 and 31, and there are at least 150 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 Dwight - on average, only one in every 2,020 such rooms contains a Dwight.
How many babies are named Dwight each year?
Where does Dwight rank among boys' names?
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 Dwight most popular?
Dwight peaked in 1999, when 9 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Dwight?
At least 150 people named Dwight born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Dwight?
Most living Dwights are between 17 and 31; the most common age is about 26.
Is Dwight becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1999 peak.