girls:
16 births since 1969
#5700 (0th percentile)
boys:
646 births since 1962
#3941 (14th percentile)
overall:
662 births since 1962
#7077 (9th percentile)
The name Dewan is the #7,077 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 662 recorded births since 1962. This represents the 8.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,941 (14.0% percentile) for all time with 646 births since 1962. For girls, it ranks #5,700 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 16 births since 1969.
Dewan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1962 (1962 for boys and 1969 for girls). Birth data for Dewan is available in 51 out of the 60 years between 1962 and 2021 (51 years for boys and 3 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Dewan has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.6% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Dewan reached its peak popularity in 1979, achieving the 3.2% percentile (ranked #666) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 1979, with 15 births per million (ranked 3.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
For girls, Dewan reached its peak popularity in 1969, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #762) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1969, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1976.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dewan".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Dewan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 30.2% confident that Dewan is pronounced as DUE-uhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DUE-ahn, at 23.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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