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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201961peak #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 1961

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedWAIdaho: 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: #443 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 7,593 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedWIMichigan: #483 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 11,651 boysMINew York: #772 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 25,649 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: #369 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 6,021 boysINOhio: #414 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 8,582 boysOHPennsylvania: #540 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 16,871 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #734 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 18,900 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: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedMOKentucky: #381 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,748 boysKYWest Virginia: #270 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,136 boysWVVirginia: #404 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 6,185 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: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #398 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 5,284 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #379 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 3,438 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedMSAlabama: #441 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,242 boysALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Dwain, so not publishedHITexas: #579 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 7,974 boysTXFlorida: #464 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 6,872 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. West Virginia#270 · 1 in 3,136
  2. Indiana#369 · 1 in 6,021
  3. Louisiana#379 · 1 in 3,438
  4. Kentucky#381 · 1 in 5,748
  5. North Carolina#398 · 1 in 5,284

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#27061 in 3,136
Indiana#36991 in 6,021
Louisiana#379121 in 3,438
Kentucky#38161 in 5,748
North Carolina#398101 in 5,284
Virginia#40471 in 6,185
Ohio#414131 in 8,582
Alabama#44161 in 6,242
Illinois#443151 in 7,593
Florida#46481 in 6,872
Michigan#48381 in 11,651
Pennsylvania#54071 in 16,871
Texas#579151 in 7,974
California#734101 in 18,900
New York#77271 in 25,649
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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 1961

boys
#570
190 births · 1 in 11,180 boys

Top boys' names in 1961

  1. #1Michael86,974
  2. #2David84,810
  3. #3John79,983
  4. #4James75,969
  5. #5Robert72,977
  6. #6Mark57,796
  7. #7William48,045
  8. #8Richard41,142
  9. #9Thomas37,565
  10. #10Steven32,275
  11. #570Dwain190
More about 1961

boys

2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 11,180 of them was named Dwain, which outranked 87.8% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dwain
  1. #567Junior192
  2. #568Elvin191
  3. #568Russel191
  4. #570Dwain190
  5. #570Daren190
  6. #570Elias190
  7. #570Elvis190
  8. #574Art189
  9. #574Elliot189
  10. #574Rocco189

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,171Parrish#4,038 → #867
  2. ↑ 589Brook#1,252 → #663
  3. ↑ 467Osvaldo#1,434 → #967
  4. ↑ 426Shayne#1,152 → #726
  5. ↑ 367Pernell#1,295 → #928
Fallers
  1. ↓ 425Wayde#672 → #1,097
  2. ↓ 380Yancy#923 → #1,303
  3. ↓ 301Jonas#905 → #1,206
  4. ↓ 264Tobin#833 → #1,097
  5. ↓ 253Keenan#748 → #1,001

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

See the top 100 for 1961 →