Duwayne
Duwayne was last recorded in 2017, when 6 babies were given it; 3,601 Americans have been recorded with it between 1916 and 2017 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,080 Americans named Duwayne and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (58% of everyone recorded); the median is 61 years old and half are between 49 and 71.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Duwayne by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Duwayne mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Duwayne is “a male given name, variant of Duane.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Duwayne?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #11,129, in 2017; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
82 babies in 1960, the peak
Duwayne peaked in 1960, when 82 boys were given it, #835 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | #11,129 | 3.2 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,935 | 3.7 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,837 | 3.7 |
| 2014 | 6 | #11,099 | 3.1 |
| 2013 | 8 | #9,009 | 4.2 |
| 2012 | 7 | #10,000 | 3.7 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,806 | 2.6 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,954 | 3.6 |
| 2009 | 6 | #11,388 | 3.0 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,848 | 4.9 |
Every recorded year (102)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 7 | #10,055 | 3.4 |
| 2006 | 9 | #8,181 | 4.4 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,258 | 5.0 |
| 2004 | 6 | #10,329 | 3.0 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,410 | 4.6 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,484 | 6.7 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,136 | 5.7 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,660 | 6.1 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,832 | 7.3 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,943 | 5.2 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,733 | 6.9 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,714 | 9.5 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,605 | 5.3 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,189 | 5.7 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,456 | 5.1 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,968 | 7.5 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,295 | 6.4 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,346 | 8.8 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,090 | 6.5 |
| 1988 | 22 | #2,629 | 11.5 |
| 1987 | 25 | #2,285 | 13.4 |
| 1986 | 23 | #2,374 | 12.5 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,626 | 10.3 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,325 | 7.2 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,601 | 10.0 |
| 1982 | 21 | #2,357 | 11.6 |
| 1981 | 20 | #2,436 | 11.2 |
| 1980 | 28 | #1,975 | 15.7 |
| 1979 | 32 | #1,760 | 18.6 |
| 1978 | 32 | #1,700 | 19.5 |
| 1977 | 32 | #1,681 | 19.5 |
| 1976 | 52 | #1,197 | 33.1 |
| 1975 | 34 | #1,538 | 21.8 |
| 1974 | 38 | #1,395 | 24.2 |
| 1973 | 42 | #1,278 | 26.9 |
| 1972 | 43 | #1,266 | 26.5 |
| 1971 | 41 | #1,314 | 23.2 |
| 1970 | 48 | #1,196 | 25.8 |
| 1969 | 54 | #1,053 | 30.2 |
| 1968 | 57 | #976 | 32.8 |
| 1967 | 55 | #981 | 31.5 |
| 1966 | 64 | #904 | 35.9 |
| 1965 | 73 | #861 | 39.2 |
| 1964 | 58 | #993 | 29.1 |
| 1963 | 61 | #964 | 30.0 |
| 1962 | 63 | #959 | 30.5 |
| 1961 | 72 | #903 | 33.9 |
| 1960 | 82 | #835 | 38.5 |
| 1959 | 75 | #890 | 35.1 |
| 1958 | 78 | #855 | 36.8 |
| 1957 | 64 | #945 | 29.7 |
| 1956 | 66 | #916 | 31.2 |
| 1955 | 64 | #933 | 31.1 |
| 1954 | 62 | #940 | 30.4 |
| 1953 | 59 | #933 | 29.9 |
| 1952 | 64 | #879 | 32.9 |
| 1951 | 57 | #928 | 30.3 |
| 1950 | 55 | #928 | 30.7 |
| 1949 | 57 | #912 | 32.1 |
| 1948 | 66 | #841 | 37.6 |
| 1947 | 63 | #880 | 34.4 |
| 1946 | 60 | #850 | 36.9 |
| 1945 | 56 | #842 | 41.6 |
| 1944 | 62 | #797 | 45.5 |
| 1943 | 62 | #838 | 43.4 |
| 1942 | 53 | #913 | 38.4 |
| 1941 | 46 | #944 | 37.4 |
| 1940 | 62 | #788 | 53.5 |
| 1939 | 64 | #756 | 57.8 |
| 1938 | 63 | #772 | 56.8 |
| 1937 | 53 | #837 | 49.7 |
| 1936 | 47 | #898 | 45.3 |
| 1935 | 68 | #743 | 65.3 |
| 1934 | 66 | #755 | 63.9 |
| 1933 | 44 | #950 | 44.4 |
| 1932 | 55 | #863 | 52.7 |
| 1931 | 52 | #891 | 50.0 |
| 1930 | 51 | #949 | 46.5 |
| 1929 | 49 | #964 | 45.6 |
| 1928 | 37 | #1,173 | 33.4 |
| 1927 | 26 | #1,483 | 23.1 |
| 1926 | 40 | #1,130 | 36.0 |
| 1925 | 19 | #1,823 | 17.0 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,069 | 14.1 |
| 1923 | 25 | #1,514 | 22.8 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,662 | 20.2 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,527 | 10.9 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,362 | 12.2 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,086 | 15.3 |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,843 | 5.9 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,789 | 9.7 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,083 | 5.6 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Duwayne a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Duwayne has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 102 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Duwayne: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Duwayne, and how old are they?
2,080 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 58% of the 3,601 Americans ever recorded as Duwayne. The median Duwayne alive today is 61 years old; half are between 49 and 71.
The 2020 Census counted 2,136 people named Duwayne (4 women and girls, 2,132 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,383 born in the U.S. The Census count is 10% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 199 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 814 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 634 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 255 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 146 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 34 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Duwayne born?
The states with the most babies named Duwayne are Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan, with 81% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Wisconsin and Minnesota are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 630 | not ranked | 7.4× |
| Minnesota | 420 | not ranked | 5.5× |
| Michigan | 90 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| North Dakota | 81 | not ranked | 4.6× |
| Illinois | 54 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| California | 29 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Iowa | 23 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| South Dakota | 23 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| New York | 19 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 17 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Duwayne is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Duwayne is most over-represented in Wisconsin: since 1916 it was given 7.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Duwayne with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 3,707 babies since 1880, Duwayne is the most given (97% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Duwayne
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Duwayne and names like it
- Compare Duwayne and DuwaneBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sDuwayne peaked in 1960.
- Wisconsin’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Duwayne since 1910.
- The top names of 1960The year the most babies were named Duwayne.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Duwayne alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with DMost given first.