Dwight

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A few things about Dwight you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Dwight

Dwight Yorke

Trinidad and Tobago association football player

Choose Dwight and your child shares a first name with Dwight Yorke, a Trinidad and Tobago association football player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Dwight, like who?” Dwight Yorke's Wikipedia article is available in 50 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 37,175 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Dwight, 46 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Dwight would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryDwight has been in use since at least 1880, the first year US birth records were kept. That's 145 years of Dwights, and counting.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1953, when it ranked #122. Today it's #2,765, so it could be due a comeback.
• 📉Then vs nowDwight was 4.1× more common in 2000 than it is today. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 9,132 baby boys; in 2025, about 1 in 37,175.
• 🍂TrendDwight has slipped 950 places over the last five years and now sits at #2,765. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.

About the name Dwight

Dwight is a boy name of English origin. It has 6 letters and 1 syllable, starting with D and ending in “-ght”. US birth records list Dwight for boys from 1880 to 2025, in 146 of those 146 years. Its best year was 1953, when it ranked #122 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #2,765, with 46 babies.

Origin:English names