Dwain

Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938

Peak · boys
1959 · 258 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
7,581
since 1913

Dwain over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Dwain has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201959peak #488, 1959boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025—
2024#10,9386
2023—
2022#9,8237
2021#8,1669
2020#9,5547
2019#10,8036
2018#7,61710
2017#7,54610
2016#12,1855
2015#6,67612
2014#5,73315
2013#10,7286
2012#5,48216
2011#5,94514
2010#7,59110
2009#6,80212
2008#7,18711
2007—
2006#6,46012
2005#5,03416
2004#7,5369
2003#5,55813
2002#4,50217
2001#6,44510
2000#4,78515
1999#4,34116
1998#3,70819
1997#3,45520
1996#3,83017
1995#3,55918
1994#3,46919
1993#3,04222
1992#3,10521
1991#2,29531
1990#1,96838
1989#1,99336
1988#1,87935
1987#1,79336
1986#1,91731
1985#1,69836
1984#1,60637
1983#1,39945
1982#1,31051
1981#1,41145
1980#1,17660
1979#1,19358
1978#1,17757
1977#1,15857
1976#1,22550
1975#1,05362
1974#89881
1973#81095
1972#85987
1971#803100
1970#763117
1969#715120
1968#733104
1967#726104
1966#683117
1965#668123
1964#655140
1963#591176
1962#629151
1961#570190
1960#522231
1959#488258
1958#578179
1957#579177
1956#538195
1955#590155
1954#545178
1953#548166
1952#599138
1951#590138
1950#652114
1949#590132
1948#592128
1947#590133
1946#579123
1945#70874
1944#67983
1943#70982
1942#611106
1941#62893
1940#565110
1939#569101
1938#559108
1937#566105
1936#552107
1935#553108
1934#59598
1933#577100
1932#63289
1931#64385
1930#71876
1929#71276
1928#73875
1927#82565
1926#83163
1925#74677
1924#96053
1923#94153
1922#99950
1921#1,10141
1920#1,04544
1919#1,24732
1918#1,40426
1917#1,36226
1916#1,50522
1915#1,70717
1914#1,86812
1913#1,9459
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First appearance
1913

The first year at least five boys were named Dwain! It came in at #1,945, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2007, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Dwain is popular in 1959

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedAKMaine: #214 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,128 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedNHWashington: #371 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,245 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedMNIllinois: #494 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 9,696 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedWIMichigan: #456 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 10,719 boysMINew York: #678 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 20,101 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedINOhio: #313 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 4,533 boysOHPennsylvania: #476 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 13,526 boysPANew Jersey: #480 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 12,265 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #497 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 8,166 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedNEMissouri: #333 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 4,477 boysMOKentucky: #381 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,030 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedWVVirginia: #426 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 6,171 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedKSArkansas: #362 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,917 boysARTennessee: #444 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,972 boysTNNorth Carolina: #371 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 4,387 boysNCSouth Carolina: #356 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,084 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #382 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,799 boysOKLouisiana: #465 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 5,328 boysLAMississippi: #434 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,539 boysMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedALGeorgia: #346 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 3,690 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedHITexas: #488 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 5,599 boysTXFlorida: #482 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,671 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Maine#214 · 1 in 2,128
  2. Ohio#313 · 1 in 4,533
  3. Missouri#333 · 1 in 4,477
  4. Georgia#346 · 1 in 3,690
  5. South Carolina#356 · 1 in 4,084

Best ever in a state: #165 in Nebraska, 1940.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maine#21451 in 2,128
Ohio#313251 in 4,533
Missouri#333111 in 4,477
Georgia#346131 in 3,690
South Carolina#35671 in 4,084
Arkansas#36251 in 3,917
North Carolina#371121 in 4,387
Washington#37161 in 5,245
Kentucky#38161 in 6,030
Oklahoma#38251 in 4,799
Virginia#42671 in 6,171
Mississippi#43451 in 5,539
Tennessee#44451 in 7,972
Michigan#45691 in 10,719
Louisiana#46581 in 5,328
Pennsylvania#47691 in 13,526
New Jersey#48051 in 12,265
Florida#48271 in 7,671
Texas#488221 in 5,599
Illinois#494121 in 9,696
California#497221 in 8,166
New York#67891 in 20,101
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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 Dwain
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 214 spots in 1925 (#960 → #746)
  • Biggest drop: 155 spots in 1975 (#898 → #1,053)
Rise & fade · boys
46 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 1959 at #488 (258 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 53 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1922–1974
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,273
  • Highest: 1 in 8,273 boys born in 1959 were named Dwain (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 287,148 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 22.4% of all boys named Dwain (1,698) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s144#1,247 (1919)#1,577
1920s597#712 (1929)#890
1930s977#552 (1936)#596
1940s1,064#565 (1940)#625
1950s1,698#488 (1959)#571
1960s1,456#522 (1960)#649
1970s764#763 (1970)#994
1980s412#1,176 (1980)#1,618
1990s221#1,968 (1990)#3,277
2000s115#4,502 (2002)#6,034
2010s104#5,482 (2012)#8,031
2020s29#8,166 (2021)#9,620

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.

Dwain in 1959

boys
#488
258 births · 1 in 8,273 boys

Top boys' names in 1959

  1. #1Michael85,294
  2. #2David83,977
  3. #3James78,648
  4. #4John76,446
  5. #5Robert74,542
  6. #6Mark56,945
  7. #7William51,386
  8. #8Richard47,202
  9. #9Thomas40,296
  10. #10Steven33,597
  11. #488Dwain258
More about 1959

boys

2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 8,273 of them was named Dwain, which outranked 89.3% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dwain
  1. #485Zachary262
  2. #486Amos260
  3. #487Sterling259
  4. #488Dwain258
  5. #489Emanuel256
  6. #490Duncan253
  7. #490Guadalupe253
Biggest movers since 1958
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,208Efrem#3,033 → #825
  2. ↑ 901Darin#1,677 → #776
  3. ↑ 871Yancy#1,557 → #686
  4. ↑ 708Raynard#1,677 → #969
  5. ↑ 644Darrin#1,396 → #752
Fallers
  1. ↓ 307Jace#761 → #1,068
  2. ↓ 241Otha#915 → #1,156
  3. ↓ 234Cheryl#994 → #1,228
  4. ↓ 230Dann#969 → #1,199
  5. ↓ 227Carnell#777 → #1,004

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1959 →