NameTides

Dwayne

Dwayne was the #1,564 boys' name in the US in 2025 (109 babies), and #2,664 in England & Wales and #1,804 in Canada.

Dwayne as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Dwayne as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Dwayne as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,564 (109)#2,664 (8)——#1,804 (11)
2024#1,418 (130)#3,689 (5)——#1,909 (10)
2023#1,346 (140)#1,701 (14)——#1,810 (10)
2022#1,284 (149)#2,321 (9)——#1,415 (14)
2021#1,170 (168)#1,984 (11)——#1,406 (14)
2020#1,095 (181)#1,935 (11)——#943 (24)
2019#1,040 (199)#2,728 (7)—#764 (3)#995 (22)
2018#912 (236)#1,533 (16)—#749 (3)#1,175 (17)
2017#929 (225)#1,627 (15)——#1,113 (19)
2016#942 (222)#1,431 (18)—#713 (3)#938 (24)
2015#790 (294)#1,186 (22)——#1,071 (19)
2014#881 (246)#1,223 (21)—#468 (7)#747 (32)
2013#720 (324)#1,462 (16)—#605 (4)#892 (25)
2012#740 (313)#1,191 (22)——#813 (28)
2011#713 (321)#1,158 (22)——#818 (27)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1961 at #111.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1912.

How common is it?

about 1 in 16,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 34,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Dwayne is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 17,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 16,000 to 1 in 18,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Dwayne by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,023ILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,267OHPennsylvania: #846PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #971VAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #591LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,908TXFlorida: #1,056FL
Dwayne (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DwayneCanadaBoys#1,80411
DwayneEngland & WalesBoys#2,6648
DwayneIrelandBoys—too few
DwayneNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
DwayneScotlandBoys—too few
DwayneUSGirls—too few
DwayneUSBoys#1,564109