Dwan vs Dwana
American parents have registered 2,131 Dwans since 1880, against 988 Dwanas. Neither name reached five babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Dwan Dwana
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 79 years in which either name was published, Dwan for 64 years and Dwana for 15 years. The lead changed hands 12 times.
- 1924–1933 Dwan ahead
- 1943–1948 Dwana ahead
- 1952–1957 Dwan ahead
- 1964–1968 Dwana ahead
- 1969–2023 Dwan ahead, apart from one short spell
7 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Dwan | Dwana | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 2,131 | 988 |
| Most in one year | 239 | 82 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 1,900 | 890 |
| Median age today | 44 | 55 |
| Peak year | 1983 | 1964 |
| Best rank | 1,095th boys | 1,219th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | unranked |
| First recorded | 1924 | 1943 |
| Girls / boys | 910 / 1,221 | 988 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Dwanas alive today are over 55; half the Dwans are over 44. That is 11 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Dwan Louisiana (12.3×), South Carolina (5.3×), Michigan (1.8×)
- Dwana Louisiana (18.2×), Texas (3.6×), Illinois (3.5×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Dwan and Dwana.