Dwayne — #1423 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Dwayne

The Social Security Administration has registered 76,621 babies named Dwayne between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dwayne currently holds the #1423 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 3,483 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dwayne performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 26,786 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Dwayne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5,815 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Dwayne in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dwayne 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 76,621 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.