Wayne
Last seen for girls in 1992 at #13,317 · #652 for boys in 2025, 422 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1946 · 8,807 births
- Debut · boys
- 23 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 57 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 354,818since 1880
Wayne over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #652 | 422 | |
| 2024 | — | #686 | 396 | |
| 2023 | — | #733 | 359 | |
| 2022 | — | #768 | 329 | |
| 2021 | — | #778 | 318 | |
| 2020 | — | #774 | 305 | |
| 2019 | — | #745 | 322 | |
| 2018 | — | #776 | 299 | |
| 2017 | — | #809 | 281 | |
| 2016 | — | #739 | 330 | |
| 2015 | — | #744 | 325 | |
| 2014 | — | #789 | 292 | |
| 2013 | — | #756 | 301 | |
| 2012 | — | #778 | 291 | |
| 2011 | — | #702 | 327 | |
| 2010 | — | #780 | 284 | |
| 2009 | — | #752 | 304 | |
| 2008 | — | #691 | 344 | |
| 2007 | — | #675 | 354 | |
| 2006 | — | #647 | 358 | |
| 2005 | — | #667 | 319 | |
| 2004 | — | #597 | 364 | |
| 2003 | — | #577 | 382 | |
| 2002 | — | #533 | 420 | |
| 2001 | — | #527 | 421 | |
| 2000 | — | #505 | 453 | |
| 1999 | — | #453 | 507 | |
| 1998 | — | #436 | 525 | |
| 1997 | — | #436 | 515 | |
| 1996 | — | #388 | 605 | |
| 1995 | — | #358 | 674 | |
| 1994 | — | #332 | 746 | |
| 1993 | — | #318 | 834 | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #293 | 917 |
| 1991 | — | #263 | 1,031 | |
| 1990 | — | #242 | 1,148 | |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #231 | 1,168 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 | #209 | 1,242 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | #200 | 1,298 |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 | #191 | 1,343 |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 | #184 | 1,384 |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 | #174 | 1,478 |
| 1983 | #3,242 | 25 | #171 | 1,529 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 | #159 | 1,714 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #156 | 1,751 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | #146 | 1,843 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | #149 | 1,831 |
| 1978 | #3,924 | 18 | #138 | 1,888 |
| 1977 | #3,911 | 18 | #137 | 1,950 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | #131 | 2,020 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 | #120 | 2,134 |
| 1974 | #3,008 | 23 | #120 | 2,216 |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 | #107 | 2,448 |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 | #103 | 2,792 |
| 1971 | #3,373 | 19 | #92 | 3,331 |
| 1970 | #2,577 | 28 | #80 | 4,006 |
| 1969 | #2,917 | 21 | #75 | 3,896 |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 | #63 | 4,251 |
| 1967 | #2,963 | 18 | #62 | 4,470 |
| 1966 | #2,519 | 23 | #59 | 4,891 |
| 1965 | #2,744 | 20 | #65 | 5,112 |
| 1964 | #2,600 | 23 | #61 | 5,832 |
| 1963 | #2,619 | 22 | #63 | 6,031 |
| 1962 | #2,210 | 29 | #63 | 6,324 |
| 1961 | #2,299 | 27 | #61 | 6,762 |
| 1960 | #2,369 | 25 | #58 | 7,193 |
| 1959 | #1,951 | 33 | #51 | 7,878 |
| 1958 | #2,117 | 28 | #48 | 8,329 |
| 1957 | #2,067 | 28 | #47 | 8,687 |
| 1956 | #1,871 | 33 | #45 | 8,717 |
| 1955 | #2,024 | 28 | #44 | 8,728 |
| 1954 | #1,677 | 37 | #41 | 9,175 |
| 1953 | #1,872 | 29 | #40 | 8,905 |
| 1952 | #2,502 | 18 | #38 | 9,087 |
| 1951 | #2,182 | 21 | #37 | 9,327 |
| 1950 | #2,253 | 19 | #35 | 9,259 |
| 1949 | #1,807 | 28 | #35 | 8,927 |
| 1948 | #2,416 | 17 | #34 | 8,682 |
| 1947 | #1,661 | 33 | #30 | 10,169 |
| 1946 | #2,153 | 19 | #29 | 8,807 |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 | #35 | 6,738 |
| 1944 | #2,287 | 15 | #37 | 6,724 |
| 1943 | #1,900 | 21 | #41 | 6,761 |
| 1942 | #1,860 | 21 | #41 | 6,484 |
| 1941 | #1,810 | 20 | #37 | 6,112 |
| 1940 | #1,792 | 20 | #39 | 5,727 |
| 1939 | #1,514 | 25 | #39 | 5,653 |
| 1938 | #1,343 | 30 | #40 | 5,226 |
| 1937 | #1,580 | 23 | #44 | 4,613 |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 | #45 | 4,409 |
| 1935 | #1,606 | 22 | #49 | 4,057 |
| 1934 | #2,087 | 15 | #48 | 4,035 |
| 1933 | #1,311 | 30 | #52 | 3,562 |
| 1932 | #1,488 | 26 | #57 | 3,388 |
| 1931 | #1,594 | 23 | #58 | 3,217 |
| 1930 | #1,460 | 28 | #65 | 2,981 |
| 1929 | #1,419 | 29 | #69 | 2,741 |
| 1928 | #1,469 | 29 | #69 | 2,855 |
| 1927 | #1,486 | 30 | #67 | 2,882 |
| 1926 | #2,165 | 17 | #68 | 2,811 |
| 1925 | #1,891 | 21 | #74 | 2,713 |
| 1924 | #1,811 | 23 | #74 | 2,730 |
| 1923 | #1,736 | 24 | #75 | 2,597 |
| 1922 | #2,186 | 17 | #78 | 2,476 |
| 1921 | #1,867 | 22 | #81 | 2,417 |
| 1920 | #1,952 | 20 | #86 | 2,180 |
| 1919 | #1,855 | 20 | #90 | 1,955 |
| 1918 | #1,690 | 23 | #91 | 1,912 |
| 1917 | #1,996 | 17 | #96 | 1,715 |
| 1916 | #2,246 | 14 | #98 | 1,587 |
| 1915 | #1,964 | 16 | #97 | 1,517 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #111 | 1,001 |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 | #113 | 760 |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | #118 | 617 |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 | #126 | 280 |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | #141 | 228 |
| 1909 | — | #153 | 163 | |
| 1908 | — | #137 | 178 | |
| 1907 | — | #152 | 148 | |
| 1906 | — | #167 | 116 | |
| 1905 | — | #177 | 107 | |
| 1904 | — | #193 | 92 | |
| 1903 | — | #180 | 92 | |
| 1902 | — | #185 | 90 | |
| 1901 | — | #170 | 87 | |
| 1900 | — | #213 | 85 | |
| 1899 | — | #224 | 57 | |
| 1898 | — | #211 | 68 | |
| 1897 | — | #243 | 51 | |
| 1896 | — | #246 | 55 | |
| 1895 | — | #235 | 56 | |
| 1894 | — | #224 | 58 | |
| 1893 | — | #229 | 55 | |
| 1892 | — | #312 | 35 | |
| 1891 | — | #308 | 29 | |
| 1890 | — | #252 | 45 | |
| 1889 | — | #305 | 32 | |
| 1888 | — | #280 | 41 | |
| 1887 | — | #307 | 29 | |
| 1886 | — | #357 | 23 | |
| 1885 | — | #355 | 24 | |
| 1884 | — | #296 | 34 | |
| 1883 | — | #331 | 25 | |
| 1882 | — | #377 | 22 | |
| 1881 | — | #289 | 30 | |
| 1880 | — | #356 | 23 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Wayne was already there! It came in at #356, and was given to 23 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 31 boys a year got the name.
Where Wayne is popular in 1986
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Delaware#79 · 1 in 441
- Maine#93 · 1 in 558
- Rhode Island#98 · 1 in 664
- New Jersey#100 · 1 in 700
- Maryland#101 · 1 in 658
Best ever in a state: #6 in Hawaii, 1951.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | #79 | 9 | 1 in 441 |
| Maine | #93 | 13 | 1 in 558 |
| Rhode Island | #98 | 9 | 1 in 664 |
| New Jersey | #100 | 68 | 1 in 700 |
| Maryland | #101 | 43 | 1 in 658 |
| Hawaii | #102 | 14 | 1 in 464 |
| New Hampshire | #102 | 11 | 1 in 634 |
| Virginia | #107 | 52 | 1 in 727 |
| South Dakota | #112 | 8 | 1 in 597 |
| Pennsylvania | #115 | 89 | 1 in 868 |
| Connecticut | #116 | 25 | 1 in 813 |
| North Dakota | #119 | 8 | 1 in 644 |
| District of Columbia | #120 | 13 | 1 in 577 |
| Louisiana | #144 | 49 | 1 in 695 |
| Florida | #146 | 85 | 1 in 899 |
| Michigan | #148 | 58 | 1 in 1,100 |
| Indiana | #152 | 30 | 1 in 1,232 |
| Massachusetts | #154 | 27 | 1 in 1,453 |
| Ohio | #161 | 56 | 1 in 1,348 |
| South Carolina | #163 | 22 | 1 in 958 |
| New York | #164 | 104 | 1 in 1,175 |
| Minnesota | #170 | 18 | 1 in 1,708 |
| Wisconsin | #170 | 21 | 1 in 1,581 |
| West Virginia | #174 | 8 | 1 in 1,389 |
| Kansas | #176 | 13 | 1 in 1,328 |
| New Mexico | #177 | 13 | 1 in 873 |
| Washington | #180 | 23 | 1 in 1,361 |
| Nebraska | #182 | 7 | 1 in 1,589 |
| Nevada | #187 | 5 | 1 in 1,277 |
| Kentucky | #192 | 14 | 1 in 1,709 |
| North Carolina | #201 | 29 | 1 in 1,410 |
| Alabama | #213 | 18 | 1 in 1,404 |
| Missouri | #214 | 18 | 1 in 1,999 |
| Illinois | #220 | 53 | 1 in 1,506 |
| Georgia | #227 | 29 | 1 in 1,524 |
| Colorado | #233 | 13 | 1 in 1,937 |
| Arkansas | #244 | 8 | 1 in 1,845 |
| Arizona | #248 | 16 | 1 in 1,701 |
| California | #255 | 129 | 1 in 1,770 |
| Oklahoma | #265 | 10 | 1 in 2,249 |
| Utah | #277 | 7 | 1 in 2,360 |
| Tennessee | #281 | 12 | 1 in 2,610 |
| Iowa | #293 | 5 | 1 in 3,627 |
| Texas | #322 | 60 | 1 in 2,439 |
| Oregon | #337 | 5 | 1 in 3,595 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Wayne
- 34 spots since 2024 (#686 → #652)
- 122 spots since 2020 (#774 → #652)
- 92 spots since 2015 (#744 → #652)
- Biggest jump: 83 spots in 1893 (#312 → #229)
- Biggest drop: 88 spots in 1882 (#289 → #377)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1946 at #29 (8,807 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 22 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 57 yrs · run 1915–1971
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 180 boys born in 1947 were named Wayne (0.56%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,048 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #29 in 1946, was only 1 in 184 (0.54%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 24.8% of all boys named Wayne (88,092) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 283 | #280 (1888) | #325 |
| 1890s | 509 | #211 (1898) | #248 |
| 1900s | 1,158 | #137 (1908) | #173 |
| 1910s | 11,572 | #90 (1919) | #108 |
| 1920s | 26,402 | #67 (1927) | #74 |
| 1930s | 41,141 | #39 (1939) | #50 |
| 1940s | 75,131 | #29 (1946) | #36 |
| 1950s | 88,092 | #35 (1950) | #43 |
| 1960s | 54,762 | #58 (1960) | #63 |
| 1970s | 24,616 | #80 (1970) | #118 |
| 1980s | 14,750 | #146 (1980) | #182 |
| 1990s | 7,502 | #242 (1990) | #352 |
| 2000s | 3,719 | #505 (2000) | #617 |
| 2010s | 3,052 | #702 (2011) | #762 |
| 2020s | 2,129 | #652 (2025) | #732 |
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.
Wayne in 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 100,915 of them was named Wayne, which outranked 64.6% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,347Yoana18
- #4,347Zabrina18
- #4,347Zoila18
- #4,539Wayne17
- #4,539Adelia17
- #4,539Adrina17
- #4,539Albert17
- #4,724Adi16
- #4,724Adriel16
- #4,724Aeisha16
Tied with 184 names at #4,539; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 1,371 of them was named Wayne, which outranked 97.6% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.