Dwayne
Dwayne is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 129 births. Its best rank was 111th, in 1961.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1290.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 19613,483 births
- Best rank
- #111in 1961
- Since 1912
- 76,621people given the name
The story in the numbers
76,621 boys have been named Dwayne in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1961, with 3,483 births — 0.16% of all boys recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 129 births in 2024, against 3,483 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1969, and the 1960s alone account for 35%. It has spent 98 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Dwayne | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 161 | |
| 1920s | 775 | |
| 1930s | 1,816 | |
| 1940s | 2,743 | |
| 1950s | 7,880 | |
| 1960s | 26,786 | |
| 1970s | 14,810 | |
| 1980s | 9,064 | |
| 1990s | 5,607 | |
| 2000s | 3,488 | |
| 2010s | 2,725 | |
| 2020s | 766 |
In 1961, its biggest year
Dwayne was the 111th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1961 were Michael, David, John, James and Robert. See all of 1961.
Names that rose and fell with Dwayne
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Dwyanepeak 1962
- Robbypeak 1964
- Darryllpeak 1960
- Scottpeak 1971
- Pernellpeak 1964
- Jefferypeak 1962
- Jeffreypeak 1962
- Darrylepeak 1961
Other spellings in the data
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.