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Dewey name image The table below indicates the number of times the name Dewey has been given to baby girls in recent years.  The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.  The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years. 

Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Dewey
Use of the Name Dewey
for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years50 Years25 Years10 Years5 Years2 Years1 Year
141000000
The table below indicates the number of times the name Dewey has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.  Dewey first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1887, which is the first year shown on the table.  Dewey last appeared in either or both of these name lists during 1986, the last year shown on the table.  A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.

Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Dewey
 Used as a Girl NameUsed as a Boy Name
YearRankCountRankCount
1887  9645
1888  8387
1889  53213
1890  46416
1891  6569
1892  8148
1893  7878
1894  48617
1895  34928
1896  22463
189790413111158
1898305104191,115
18996322439499
1900  75345
1901  121137
1902  139136
1903  133140
1904  18597
1905  18499
1906  21483
1907  20793
1908  20699
1909  22791
1910  26585
1911  249107
1912  275167
1913  303173
1914  317205
1915  301286
1916  267358
1917  246416
1918  223558
1919  207603
1920  208619
1921  182766
1922  193718
1923  185763
1924  186768
1925  181797
1926  188764
1927  196724
1928  202676
1929  208628
1930  206648
1931  211597
1932  212584
1933  221518
1934  228508
1935  231502
1936  229498
1937  240482
1938  238499
1939  241479
1940  228543
1941  256477
1942  265504
1943  248565
1944  214645
1945  271480
1946  281519
1947  293553
1948  267611
1949  317457
1950  338394
1951  332420
1952  341419
1953  352391
1954  364391
1955  362401
1956  382389
1957  408364
1958  432327
1959  441327
1960  454315
1961  466302
1962  476279
1963  460293
1964  473280
1965  474271
1966  493236
1967  522205
1968  501226
1969  532218
1970  533228
1971  539220
1972  591182
1973  654149
1974  639159
1975  631164
1976  722135
1977  719139
1978  772119
1979  728141
1980  758134
1981  863105
1982  854108
1983  88399
1984  91193
1985    
1986  98088
Totals:  141 32,827

During the last 125 years, parents have used Dewey as a girl's name about 0% of the time and more frequently (about 99% of the time) as a boy's name.  Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are significantly lower than actual counts because the name Dewey appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 3 times during the last 125 years.

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