Dewayne
Last seen for girls in 1988 at #11,798 · #2,451 for boys in 2025, 55 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1962 · 651 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 26,491since 1912
Dewayne over time
Rank among boys' names. Dewayne has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,451 | 55 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,045 | 40 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,693 | 48 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,563 | 53 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,300 | 60 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,139 | 65 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,062 | 70 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,101 | 67 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,717 | 91 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,788 | 85 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,581 | 102 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,492 | 108 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,433 | 115 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,439 | 115 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,327 | 128 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,219 | 145 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,191 | 151 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,154 | 157 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,115 | 164 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,154 | 146 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,093 | 151 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,049 | 154 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,055 | 147 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,026 | 149 | |
| 2001 | — | #997 | 153 | |
| 2000 | — | #862 | 184 | |
| 1999 | — | #889 | 169 | |
| 1998 | — | #863 | 168 | |
| 1997 | — | #835 | 173 | |
| 1996 | — | #874 | 157 | |
| 1995 | — | #764 | 198 | |
| 1994 | — | #798 | 177 | |
| 1993 | — | #776 | 184 | |
| 1992 | — | #663 | 247 | |
| 1991 | — | #627 | 265 | |
| 1990 | — | #647 | 245 | |
| 1989 | — | #578 | 286 | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #567 | 267 |
| 1987 | — | #515 | 304 | |
| 1986 | — | #506 | 300 | |
| 1985 | — | #490 | 313 | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #461 | 335 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #469 | 317 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | #419 | 398 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | #431 | 378 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #391 | 441 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | #387 | 431 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #359 | 462 |
| 1977 | — | #340 | 526 | |
| 1976 | — | #353 | 471 | |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | #353 | 476 |
| 1974 | — | #369 | 426 | |
| 1973 | — | #329 | 520 | |
| 1972 | — | #334 | 530 | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #336 | 543 |
| 1970 | — | #343 | 554 | |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | #337 | 537 |
| 1968 | — | #334 | 524 | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #331 | 511 |
| 1966 | — | #304 | 600 | |
| 1965 | — | #315 | 586 | |
| 1964 | — | #312 | 611 | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #307 | 650 |
| 1962 | — | #303 | 651 | |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | #313 | 626 |
| 1960 | — | #324 | 580 | |
| 1959 | — | #348 | 500 | |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #357 | 461 |
| 1957 | — | #372 | 428 | |
| 1956 | — | #400 | 358 | |
| 1955 | — | #411 | 319 | |
| 1954 | — | #419 | 292 | |
| 1953 | — | #403 | 296 | |
| 1952 | — | #405 | 290 | |
| 1951 | — | #438 | 238 | |
| 1950 | — | #451 | 214 | |
| 1949 | — | #463 | 203 | |
| 1948 | — | #456 | 213 | |
| 1947 | — | #444 | 226 | |
| 1946 | — | #465 | 188 | |
| 1945 | — | #474 | 158 | |
| 1944 | — | #436 | 196 | |
| 1943 | — | #482 | 163 | |
| 1942 | — | #486 | 159 | |
| 1941 | — | #430 | 185 | |
| 1940 | — | #462 | 156 | |
| 1939 | — | #488 | 139 | |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | #487 | 141 |
| 1937 | — | #462 | 146 | |
| 1936 | — | #438 | 165 | |
| 1935 | — | #397 | 188 | |
| 1934 | — | #517 | 127 | |
| 1933 | — | #512 | 121 | |
| 1932 | — | #550 | 114 | |
| 1931 | — | #501 | 131 | |
| 1930 | — | #718 | 76 | |
| 1929 | — | #661 | 87 | |
| 1928 | — | #732 | 77 | |
| 1927 | — | #811 | 67 | |
| 1926 | — | #783 | 69 | |
| 1925 | — | #766 | 74 | |
| 1924 | — | #809 | 70 | |
| 1923 | — | #803 | 69 | |
| 1922 | — | #882 | 61 | |
| 1921 | — | #962 | 53 | |
| 1920 | — | #987 | 48 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,188 | 35 | |
| 1918 | — | #996 | 45 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,291 | 28 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,374 | 25 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,306 | 26 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,772 | 13 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,885 | 8 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Dewayne! It came in at #1,885, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1913, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Dewayne is popular in 1984
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Indiana#190 · 1 in 1,800
- Tennessee#207 · 1 in 1,653
- Kentucky#216 · 1 in 2,239
- Alabama#224 · 1 in 1,584
- Arkansas#230 · 1 in 1,687
Best ever in a state: #113 in Tennessee, 1966.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | #190 | 21 | 1 in 1,800 |
| Tennessee | #207 | 19 | 1 in 1,653 |
| Kentucky | #216 | 11 | 1 in 2,239 |
| Alabama | #224 | 16 | 1 in 1,584 |
| Arkansas | #230 | 9 | 1 in 1,687 |
| Mississippi | #252 | 11 | 1 in 1,622 |
| Missouri | #269 | 12 | 1 in 2,970 |
| Georgia | #292 | 17 | 1 in 2,452 |
| Louisiana | #303 | 18 | 1 in 1,993 |
| Ohio | #319 | 19 | 1 in 4,028 |
| Oklahoma | #350 | 7 | 1 in 3,440 |
| North Carolina | #360 | 10 | 1 in 3,909 |
| Michigan | #380 | 12 | 1 in 5,308 |
| South Carolina | #383 | 6 | 1 in 3,431 |
| Maryland | #394 | 5 | 1 in 5,343 |
| Florida | #406 | 18 | 1 in 3,956 |
| Illinois | #429 | 17 | 1 in 4,816 |
| Virginia | #446 | 6 | 1 in 5,989 |
| Pennsylvania | #537 | 7 | 1 in 10,823 |
| Texas | #618 | 18 | 1 in 7,934 |
| California | #642 | 22 | 1 in 9,653 |
| New York | #841 | 8 | 1 in 14,606 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Dewayne
- 594 spots since 2024 (#3,045 → #2,451)
- 312 spots since 2020 (#2,139 → #2,451)
- 870 spots since 2015 (#1,581 → #2,451)
- Biggest jump: 295 spots in 1918 (#1,291 → #996)
- Biggest drop: 192 spots in 1919 (#996 → #1,188)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1962 at #303 (651 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 21 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 83 yrs · run 1920–2001
- Highest: 1 in 2,972 boys born in 1966 were named Dewayne (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 31,056 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #303 in 1962, was only 1 in 3,178 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.2% of all boys named Dewayne (5,876) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 185 | #996 (1918) | #1,579 |
| 1920s | 675 | #661 (1929) | #820 |
| 1930s | 1,348 | #397 (1935) | #507 |
| 1940s | 1,847 | #430 (1941) | #460 |
| 1950s | 3,396 | #348 (1959) | #400 |
| 1960s | 5,876 | #303 (1962) | #318 |
| 1970s | 4,939 | #329 (1973) | #350 |
| 1980s | 3,339 | #391 (1980) | #483 |
| 1990s | 1,983 | #627 (1991) | #774 |
| 2000s | 1,556 | #862 (2000) | #1,070 |
| 2010s | 1,026 | #1,219 (2010) | #1,616 |
| 2020s | 321 | #2,139 (2020) | #2,532 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Dewayne in 1984
Top girls' names in 1984
Top boys' names in 1984
More about 1984
girls
1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 336,763 of them was named Dewayne, which outranked 14.4% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,759 names at #10,422; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,804,848 boys got a published name in 1984; 1 in 5,388 of them was named Dewayne, which outranked 93.7% of the 7,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).