Dwayna — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dwayna

The Social Security Administration has registered 70 babies named Dwayna between 1956 and 1993, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dwayna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dwayna performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Dwayna shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dwayna 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 70 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.