NameTides

Wayne

Wayne was the #652 boys' name in the US in 2025 (422 babies), and #2,664 in England & Wales and #1,207 in Canada.

Wayne as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Wayne as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USIrelandCanadaEngland & Wales
Wayne as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#652 (422)#2,664 (8)——#676 (4)#1,207 (20)—
2024#686 (396)#1,952 (12)——#520 (6)#1,507 (14)—
2023#733 (359)#1,610 (15)——#584 (5)#1,015 (23)—
2022#768 (329)#2,321 (9)——#779 (3)#1,237 (17)—
2021#778 (318)#2,125 (10)———#875 (28)—
2020#774 (305)#1,723 (13)———#999 (22)—
2019#745 (322)#2,266 (9)———#995 (22)—
2018#776 (299)#1,683 (14)——#635 (4)#818 (29)—
2017#809 (281)#1,546 (16)——#547 (5)#845 (28)—
2016#739 (330)#1,234 (22)——#541 (5)#1,069 (20)—
2015#744 (325)#1,327 (19)——#699 (3)#923 (24)—
2014#789 (292)#1,035 (27)——#550 (5)#928 (24)—
2013#756 (301)#1,183 (21)#590 (4)—#383 (10)#858 (27)—
2012#778 (291)#962 (30)——#430 (8)#733 (32)—
2011#702 (327)#1,303 (19)——#540 (5)#958 (22)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1947 at #30.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,000 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 4,000uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 34,000rare
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Wayne is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,600 to 1 in 3,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Wayne by state, 2025Alaska: #165AKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #523WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #502WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #477MNIllinois: #711ILMichigan: #375MINew York: #950NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #326ORNevada: #516NVWyoming: #72WYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #431INOhio: #513OHPennsylvania: #546PANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #807CAUtah: #441UTColorado: #535CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #489MOKentucky: #485KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #670VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #844AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #468KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #719TNNorth Carolina: #1,028NCSouth Carolina: #608SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #504OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #919GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #730TXFlorida: #585FL
Wayne (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,3557

Wayne (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
WayneCanadaBoys#1,20720
WayneEngland & WalesBoys#2,6648
WayneIrelandBoys#6764
WayneNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
WayneNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
WayneNSWBoys—too few
WayneScotlandBoys—too few
WayneUSGirls—too few
WayneUSBoys#652422