The baby name Dewey appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 2004. It was most popular in 1926 with 1,140 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Dewey has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 88 |
| 1911 | 110 |
| 1912 | 152 |
| 1913 | 177 |
| 1914 | 208 |
| 1915 | 286 |
| 1916 | 443 |
| 1917 | 608 |
| 1918 | 805 |
| 1919 | 896 |
| 1920 | 918 |
| 1921 | 1,076 |
| 1922 | 1,040 |
| 1923 | 5 |
| 1923 | 1,075 |
| 1924 | 1,096 |
| 1925 | 1,125 |
| 1926 | 1,140 |
| 1927 | 1,007 |
| 1928 | 911 |
| 1929 | 843 |
| 1930 | 957 |
| 1931 | 784 |
| 1932 | 775 |
| 1933 | 629 |
| 1934 | 632 |
| 1935 | 635 |
| 1936 | 686 |
| 1937 | 635 |
| 1938 | 610 |
| 1939 | 638 |
| 1940 | 683 |
| 1941 | 630 |
| 1942 | 627 |
| 1943 | 712 |
| 1944 | 865 |
| 1945 | 625 |
| 1946 | 621 |
| 1947 | 716 |
| 1948 | 732 |
| 1949 | 647 |
| 1950 | 505 |
| 1951 | 510 |
| 1952 | 497 |
| 1953 | 574 |
| 1954 | 456 |
| 1955 | 525 |
| 1956 | 509 |
| 1957 | 467 |
| 1958 | 393 |
| 1959 | 356 |
| 1960 | 353 |
| 1961 | 309 |
| 1962 | 322 |
| 1963 | 360 |
| 1964 | 306 |
| 1965 | 321 |
| 1966 | 282 |
| 1967 | 222 |
| 1968 | 231 |
| 1969 | 235 |
| 1970 | 230 |
| 1971 | 226 |
| 1972 | 165 |
| 1973 | 142 |
| 1974 | 137 |
| 1975 | 143 |
| 1976 | 122 |
| 1977 | 149 |
| 1978 | 104 |
| 1979 | 98 |
| 1980 | 117 |
| 1981 | 59 |
| 1982 | 75 |
| 1983 | 53 |
| 1984 | 53 |
| 1985 | 39 |
| 1986 | 65 |
| 1987 | 47 |
| 1988 | 29 |
| 1989 | 47 |
| 1990 | 26 |
| 1991 | 26 |
| 1992 | 16 |
| 1993 | 22 |
| 1994 | 10 |
| 1997 | 22 |
| 1998 | 5 |
| 2000 | 5 |
| 2004 | 10 |