Dwayne

Where Dwayne comes from

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

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,045 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1961
    Peak, #111
    3,486 babies named Dwayne — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1972
    Dwayne Johnson born
    American actor and professional wrestler
  4. 1972
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #162.
  5. 1978
    Dwayne De Rosario born
    Canadian soccer player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Duane.
Namesakes
  • Dwayne Johnson · American actor and professional wrestler, born 1972
  • Dwayne De Rosario · Canadian soccer player, born 1978
  • Dwayne Bacon · American basketball player, born 1995
  • Dwayne Hickman · American actor, 1934–2022
  • Dwayne Miller · Jamaican footballer, born 1987

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.