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
Showing
- 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
boys
Rank among boys' names. Dewayne has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| 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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First appearance
1912
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 1996
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Mississippi#276 · 1 in 1,515
- Kentucky#372 · 1 in 3,857
- Louisiana#405 · 1 in 2,426
- Indiana#405 · 1 in 3,761
- Alabama#504 · 1 in 4,176
Best ever in a state: #113 in Tennessee, 1966.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #276 | 10 | 1 in 1,515 |
| Kentucky | #372 | 6 | 1 in 3,857 |
| Indiana | #405 | 10 | 1 in 3,761 |
| Louisiana | #405 | 11 | 1 in 2,426 |
| Alabama | #504 | 6 | 1 in 4,176 |
| Tennessee | #548 | 6 | 1 in 5,732 |
| Maryland | #566 | 5 | 1 in 5,746 |
| Georgia | #584 | 10 | 1 in 4,846 |
| Michigan | #696 | 7 | 1 in 8,512 |
| Ohio | #762 | 6 | 1 in 11,720 |
| Illinois | #778 | 9 | 1 in 8,993 |
| Texas | #790 | 16 | 1 in 9,741 |
| Florida | #1,034 | 6 | 1 in 14,148 |
| California | #1,314 | 10 | 1 in 25,355 |
| New York | #1,355 | 6 | 1 in 19,789 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 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)
Rise & fade · boys
50 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1962 at #303 (651 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 83 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 83 yrs · run 1920–2001
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,972
- 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
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 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 1996
boys
#874
157 births · 1 in 12,066 boys
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 12,066 of them was named Dewayne, which outranked 91.7% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).