# Dwain (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dwain/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,581 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7,581 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 28, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 12 | 6,911 |
| 2010 | 10 | 7,746 |
| 2011 | 14 | 6,033 |
| 2012 | 16 | 5,544 |
| 2013 | 6 | 11,114 |
| 2014 | 15 | 5,806 |
| 2015 | 12 | 6,787 |
| 2016 | 5 | 12,737 |
| 2017 | 10 | 7,729 |
| 2018 | 10 | 7,755 |
| 2019 | 6 | 11,144 |
| 2020 | 7 | 9,848 |
| 2021 | 9 | 8,353 |
| 2022 | 7 | 10,094 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11,300 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 2,863 |
| 1998 | 5 | 2,074 |
| 2001 | 6 | 1,949 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3,467 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,208 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |

## People named Dwain

- Dwain Chambers, English sprint athlete
- Walker Zimmerman, American soccer player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.