Dewayne — #3099 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Dewayne

The Social Security Administration has registered 26,435 babies named Dewayne between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dewayne currently holds the #3099 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 653 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dewayne performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 5,876 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Dewayne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,888 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Dewayne in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dewayne 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 26,435 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.