Dywayne — boys' name
37 babies named Dywayne in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 1969. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Dywayne was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Dywayne in 1969 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dywayne
The Social Security Administration has registered 37 babies named Dywayne between 1959 and 1980, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dywayne currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1980. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dywayne performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Dywayne shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dywayne 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 37 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.
Dywayne at a glance
Last recorded 1980Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dywayne popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1959
- Peak year (1969)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1980.
37 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1969 with 6 births in a single year.
Dywayne by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 15 births that decade — 41% of Dywayne's all-time total
Dywayne decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Dywayne's strongest decade
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1959–1980 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.