girls:
910 births since 1930
#4806 (16th percentile)
boys:
1.2k births since 1924
#3386 (26th percentile)
overall:
2.1k births since 1924
#5656 (27th percentile)
The name Dwan is the #5,656 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,131 recorded births since 1924. This represents the 26.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 26.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,386 (26.1% percentile) for all time with 1,221 births since 1924. For girls, it ranks #4,806 (15.9% percentile) for all time with 910 births since 1930.
Dwan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1924 (1924 for boys and 1930 for girls). Birth data for Dwan is available in 75 out of the 100 years between 1924 and 2023 (69 years for boys and 44 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 Dwan has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (57.3% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Dwan were boys.
For boys, Dwan reached its peak popularity in 1983, achieving the 8.9% percentile (ranked #626) with 35 births per million. The name was most common in 1983, with 35 births per million (ranked 8.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Dwan ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 7.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Dwan reached its peak popularity in 1983, achieving the 21.7% percentile (ranked #607) with 97 births per million. The name was most common in 1983, with 97 births per million (ranked 21.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1991.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dwan".
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