The first name DeWayne
A boy’s name.
2 syllables Male
Meaning and origin
A male given name.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
DeWayne last appeared in the official list in 2001, given to 4 boys.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare DeWayne with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named DeWayne at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 55 boys born in the United States were named DeWayne, the 2,457th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1962, when 651 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named DeWayne
9 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Dewayne DedmonAmerican basketball player (born 1989)
- DeWayne McKnightAmerican guitarist, born 1954
- Freddie HubbardAmerican jazz trumpeter (1938–2008)
- Moneybagg YoAmerican rapper from Tennessee, born 1991
- Ron HollandAmerican basketball player (born 2005)
- Victor RuddAmerican basketball player (born 1991)
- Michael TaitAmerican contemporary Christian music artist, born 1966
- Joel Berry IIAmerican basketball player (born 1995)
- D.J. Stewart Jr.American basketball player (born 1999)
Questions
- How popular is the name DeWayne?
- In 2001, 4 boys born in England and Wales were named DeWayne, ranking 2,587th.
- Is DeWayne a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 26,598 US babies named DeWayne since 1880 were boys.
- When was DeWayne most popular?
- 1962 in the United States, when 651 babies were named DeWayne, its highest rank at 303rd.