Dawayne — #9999 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Dawayne

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,690 babies named Dawayne between 1929 and 2024, spanning 96 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dawayne currently holds the #9999 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 45 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dawayne performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 355 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Dawayne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 39 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Dawayne in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dawayne in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,690 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.