# Dwayne (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dwayne/  
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 | Dwane |
| US babies named this | 77,200 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 76,738 / 462 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 514, 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 12 | 5,283 |
| 1978 | 11 | 5,658 |
| 1979 | 17 | 4,278 |
| 1980 | 13 | 5,314 |
| 1981 | 7 | 8,360 |
| 1982 | 12 | 5,639 |
| 1983 | 9 | 6,861 |
| 1984 | 13 | 5,291 |
| 1985 | 7 | 8,595 |
| 1986 | 17 | 4,590 |
| 1987 | 11 | 6,445 |
| 1988 | 10 | 7,279 |
| 1989 | 9 | 8,233 |
| 1990 | 7 | 10,533 |
| 1991 | 7 | 10,596 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 321 | 713 |
| 2012 | 313 | 740 |
| 2013 | 324 | 720 |
| 2014 | 246 | 882 |
| 2015 | 294 | 791 |
| 2016 | 222 | 942 |
| 2017 | 225 | 930 |
| 2018 | 236 | 912 |
| 2019 | 199 | 1,040 |
| 2020 | 181 | 1,096 |
| 2021 | 168 | 1,174 |
| 2022 | 149 | 1,286 |
| 2023 | 140 | 1,350 |
| 2024 | 130 | 1,418 |
| 2025 | 109 | 1,565 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 1,158 |
| 2012 | 22 | 1,191 |
| 2013 | 16 | 1,462 |
| 2014 | 21 | 1,223 |
| 2015 | 22 | 1,186 |
| 2016 | 18 | 1,431 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,627 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,533 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1,984 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,701 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## People named Dwayne

- Dwayne Johnson, American actor and professional wrestler (born 1972)
- Dwayne De Rosario, Canadian soccer player
- Dwayne Bacon, American basketball player (born 1995)
- Dwayne Hickman, American actor (1934–2022)
- Dwayne Haskins, American football player (1997–2022)
- Dwayne Roloson, Canadian ice hockey player
- Dwayne Evans, American sprinter
- Dwayne McDuffie, Comic book and television writer
- Dwayne Cowan, British athlete
- Dwayne Washington, American basketball player (1964–2016)
- Dwayne Collins, American basketball player (1988-2025)
- Dwayne Bowe, American football player (born 1984)

## 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.