Dewayne
Dewayne is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 39 births. Its best rank was 302nd, in 1962.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 390.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1962653 births
- Best rank
- #302in 1962
- Since 1912
- 26,435people given the name
The story in the numbers
26,435 boys have been named Dewayne in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1962, with 653 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1969, and the 1960s alone account for 22%. It has spent 83 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Dewayne | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 185 | |
| 1920s | 675 | |
| 1930s | 1,348 | |
| 1940s | 1,847 | |
| 1950s | 3,396 | |
| 1960s | 5,876 | |
| 1970s | 4,940 | |
| 1980s | 3,339 | |
| 1990s | 1,983 | |
| 2000s | 1,556 | |
| 2010s | 1,025 | |
| 2020s | 265 |
In 1962, its biggest year
Dewayne was the 302nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1962 were Michael, David, John, James and Robert. See all of 1962.
Names that rose and fell with Dewayne
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Roderickpeak 1971
- Geromepeak 1964
- Kiethpeak 1964
- Daryllpeak 1960
- Reggiepeak 1979
- Keithpeak 1957
- Donellpeak 1959
- Reginalpeak 1970
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.