Dayne

Where Dayne comes from

The dictionaries list Dayne as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1922
    First appearance
    #4,307 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1989
    Dayne Zorko born
    Australian rules footballer
  3. 1997
    Dayne St. Clair born
    Canadian soccer player
  4. 2000
    Peak, #998
    148 babies named Dayne — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2012
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,959.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Dayne St. Clair · Canadian soccer player, born 1997
  • Dayne Zorko · Australian rules footballer, born 1989

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.