Dwane

Where Dwane comes from

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

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1911
    Dwane Wallace born
    President and Chairman of the Board of the Cessna Aircraft Company
  2. 1915
    First appearance
    #3,392 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1957
    Dwane Casey born
    American professional basketball coach
  4. 1963
    Peak, #760
    102 babies named Dwane — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1967
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,018.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name, variant of Dwayne.
Namesakes
  • Dwane Casey · American professional basketball coach, born 1957
  • Dwane Wallace · President and Chairman of the Board of the Cessna Aircraft Company, 1911–1989

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.