girls:
16 births since 1898
#5700 (0th percentile)
boys:
239 births since 1914
#4347 (5th percentile)
overall:
255 births since 1898
#7484 (3rd percentile)
The name Dewie is the #7,484 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 255 recorded births since 1898. This represents the 3.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,347 (5.2% percentile) for all time with 239 births since 1914. For girls, it ranks #5,700 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 16 births since 1898.
Dewie first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1898 (1898 for girls and 1914 for boys). Birth data for Dewie is available in 26 out of the 45 years between 1898 and 1942 (25 years for boys and 2 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 Dewie has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 93.7% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1914, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1898 to 1913), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (98.0% boys from 1914 to 1942).
For boys, Dewie reached its peak popularity in 1928, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #530) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 1928, with 16 births per million (ranked 2.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1942.
For girls, Dewie reached its peak popularity in 1898, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #333) with 40 births per million. The name was most common in 1898, with 40 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1921.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dewie".
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