Dewaine — boys' name

What the Data Says About Dewaine

The Social Security Administration has registered 576 babies named Dewaine between 1920 and 1998, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dewaine currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dewaine performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 116 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Dewaine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Wisconsin, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dewaine in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dewaine 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 576 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.