Dwane
Last seen for boys in 2017 at #9,696
- Peak · boys
- 1963 · 102 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,170since 1915
Dwane over time
Rank among boys' names. Dwane has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #7,692 | 10 |
| 2008 | #6,763 | 12 |
| 2007 | #6,622 | 12 |
| 2006 | #9,585 | 7 |
| 2005 | #7,096 | 10 |
| 2004 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #6,445 | 10 |
| 2000 | #6,316 | 10 |
| 1999 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #3,751 | 17 |
| 1993 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | #3,459 | 18 |
| 1991 | #3,105 | 20 |
| 1990 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #3,809 | 14 |
| 1988 | #2,599 | 22 |
| 1987 | #3,521 | 13 |
| 1986 | #3,131 | 15 |
| 1985 | #2,942 | 16 |
| 1984 | #2,159 | 24 |
| 1983 | #1,631 | 36 |
| 1982 | #1,929 | 28 |
| 1981 | #2,338 | 21 |
| 1980 | #1,619 | 36 |
| 1979 | #1,532 | 38 |
| 1978 | #1,299 | 48 |
| 1977 | #1,268 | 49 |
| 1976 | #1,286 | 47 |
| 1975 | #1,429 | 38 |
| 1974 | #1,471 | 35 |
| 1973 | #1,268 | 42 |
| 1972 | #1,210 | 46 |
| 1971 | #1,272 | 43 |
| 1970 | #1,000 | 66 |
| 1969 | #920 | 68 |
| 1968 | #1,006 | 54 |
| 1967 | #1,018 | 51 |
| 1966 | #883 | 67 |
| 1965 | #890 | 68 |
| 1964 | #831 | 83 |
| 1963 | #760 | 102 |
| 1962 | #907 | 70 |
| 1961 | #867 | 78 |
| 1960 | #852 | 79 |
| 1959 | #906 | 71 |
| 1958 | #844 | 80 |
| 1957 | #944 | 64 |
| 1956 | #986 | 57 |
| 1955 | #1,022 | 54 |
| 1954 | #985 | 57 |
| 1953 | #1,033 | 49 |
| 1952 | #1,055 | 47 |
| 1951 | #1,083 | 44 |
| 1950 | #1,340 | 29 |
| 1949 | #1,205 | 35 |
| 1948 | #1,091 | 42 |
| 1947 | #1,116 | 42 |
| 1946 | #1,031 | 44 |
| 1945 | #1,122 | 34 |
| 1944 | #1,370 | 24 |
| 1943 | #1,240 | 31 |
| 1942 | #1,193 | 34 |
| 1941 | #1,169 | 32 |
| 1940 | #1,067 | 37 |
| 1939 | #1,272 | 27 |
| 1938 | #1,076 | 36 |
| 1937 | #906 | 47 |
| 1936 | #1,142 | 33 |
| 1935 | #881 | 51 |
| 1934 | #1,024 | 40 |
| 1933 | #1,028 | 39 |
| 1932 | #1,175 | 33 |
| 1931 | #1,128 | 36 |
| 1930 | #1,132 | 38 |
| 1929 | #1,214 | 33 |
| 1928 | #1,272 | 32 |
| 1927 | #1,561 | 24 |
| 1926 | #1,466 | 25 |
| 1925 | #1,870 | 18 |
| 1924 | #1,532 | 25 |
| 1923 | #1,502 | 25 |
| 1922 | #2,143 | 15 |
| 1921 | #1,703 | 21 |
| 1920 | #2,967 | 9 |
| 1919 | #2,511 | 11 |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | #3,217 | 7 |
| 1916 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #3,392 | 6 |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Dwane! It came in at #3,392, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1918, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Dwane is popular in 1971
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#607 · 1 in 14,735
- California#1,188 · 1 in 32,321
Best ever in a state: #144 in South Dakota, 1933.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Pennsylvania | #607 | 6 | 1 in 14,735 |
| California | #1,188 | 5 | 1 in 32,321 |
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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 Dwane
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2017
- Biggest jump: 236 spots in 1937 (#1,142 → #906)
- Biggest drop: 272 spots in 1971 (#1,000 → #1,272)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1963 at #760 (102 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1956–1966
- Highest: 1 in 19,913 boys born in 1963 were named Dwane (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 264,422 boys born in 2017 (0.00%)
- 22.7% of all boys named Dwane (720) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 29 | #2,511 (1919) | #3,254 |
| 1920s | 227 | #1,214 (1929) | #1,723 |
| 1930s | 380 | #881 (1935) | #1,076 |
| 1940s | 355 | #1,031 (1946) | #1,160 |
| 1950s | 552 | #844 (1958) | #1,020 |
| 1960s | 720 | #760 (1963) | #893 |
| 1970s | 452 | #1,000 (1970) | #1,304 |
| 1980s | 225 | #1,619 (1980) | #2,568 |
| 1990s | 118 | #3,105 (1991) | #5,394 |
| 2000s | 86 | #6,316 (2000) | #7,494 |
| 2010s | 26 | #8,158 (2012) | #10,525 |
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.
Dwane in 1971
Top boys' names in 1971
More about 1971
boys
1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 41,127 of them was named Dwane, which outranked 77.5% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,254Ramsey44
- #1,254Renee44
- #1,254Roderic44
- #1,272Dwane43
- #1,272Connie43
- #1,272Denise43
- #1,272Doran43
- #1,289Alexandro42
- #1,289Art42
- #1,289Bartley42
Tied with 16 names at #1,272; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.