# Wayne (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/wayne/  
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 | English |
| Meaning | “wagon” |
| Pronunciation | /weɪn/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 356,422 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 354,818 / 1,604 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 987, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

An occupational surname for a cartwright, Old English wægen (“wagon”). Cf. wain.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 11 | 5,591 |
| 1977 | 18 | 4,065 |
| 1978 | 18 | 4,078 |
| 1979 | 8 | 8,046 |
| 1980 | 8 | 8,156 |
| 1981 | 7 | 9,086 |
| 1982 | 12 | 5,900 |
| 1983 | 25 | 3,338 |
| 1984 | 15 | 4,962 |
| 1985 | 14 | 5,340 |
| 1986 | 17 | 4,721 |
| 1987 | 14 | 5,606 |
| 1988 | 16 | 5,315 |
| 1989 | 8 | 9,655 |
| 1992 | 5 | 15,553 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 327 | 702 |
| 2012 | 291 | 781 |
| 2013 | 301 | 756 |
| 2014 | 292 | 789 |
| 2015 | 325 | 744 |
| 2016 | 330 | 740 |
| 2017 | 281 | 810 |
| 2018 | 299 | 778 |
| 2019 | 322 | 745 |
| 2020 | 305 | 775 |
| 2021 | 318 | 779 |
| 2022 | 329 | 770 |
| 2023 | 359 | 734 |
| 2024 | 396 | 686 |
| 2025 | 422 | 655 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 1,303 |
| 2012 | 30 | 962 |
| 2013 | 21 | 1,183 |
| 2014 | 27 | 1,035 |
| 2015 | 19 | 1,327 |
| 2016 | 22 | 1,234 |
| 2017 | 16 | 1,546 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,683 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 13 | 1,723 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,125 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 15 | 1,610 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1,951 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 韋恩 /韦恩
- Greek: Γουέιν
- Hindi: वेन
- Japanese: ウェイン, ウェーン
- Korean: 웨인
- Russian: Уэйн
- Ukrainian: Вейн

## People named Wayne

- Wayne Rooney, English footballer and manager
- Wayne Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1961)
- Wayne Bridge, English footballer (born 1980)
- Wayne Knight, American actor
- John Wayne Gacy, American serial killer (1942–1994)
- Wayne Shorter, American jazz saxophonist and composer (1933–2023)
- Wayne Brady, American actor, comedian, and television personality
- Wayne Dyer, American writer (1940-2015)
- Wayne Static, American musician (1965–2014)
- Wayne Allwine, American voice actor (1947–2009)
- Wayne Routledge, English association football player (born 1985)
- Wayne Rogers, American actor (1933–2015)

## 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.