Dwane — boys' name

What the Data Says About Dwane

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,171 babies named Dwane between 1915 and 2017, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dwane currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 102 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dwane performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 720 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Dwane shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 117 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Dwane in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dwane 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 3,171 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.