# Dewitt (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dewitt/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,216 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7,216 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Dutch de Witt. The verb sense alludes to the 17th-century assassination by lynching of Dutch politicians Cornelis de Witt and Johan de Witt.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 8 | 9,199 |
| 2010 | 12 | 6,782 |
| 2011 | 8 | 8,960 |
| 2012 | 5 | 12,739 |
| 2013 | 7 | 9,912 |
| 2014 | 10 | 7,692 |
| 2015 | 10 | 7,633 |
| 2016 | 5 | 12,688 |
| 2018 | 7 | 9,932 |
| 2019 | 7 | 10,000 |
| 2020 | 5 | 12,516 |
| 2021 | 8 | 9,029 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,196 |
| 2023 | 7 | 9,996 |
| 2025 | 5 | 12,510 |

## People named Dewitt

- DeWitt Clinton, American politician (1769–1828)
- DeWitt Clarke Jennings, American actor
- DeWitt Bristol Brace, American physicist (1859–1905)
- Dewitt Clinton Senter, American politician (1830-1898)
- W. D. Snodgrass, American poet (1926–2009)
- John Kuester, American basketball player and coach

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.