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Dwayne Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Dwayne?

In 2018 the less frequently given name Dwayne, ranked the 915th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 1000 most popular, Dwayne has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

Its highest popularity ranking of #111 was reached in 1961 with 3,481 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Dwayne was less than 5, most recently in 1911.

Dwayne, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1911-1915, 1916-1924, 1925-1934, 1941-1947, and 1950-1961, whereas 1968-1974, 1976-1980, 1989-1995, and 2011-2014 were years of successive downward movement.

For a number of years, the name Dwayne has been moving downward in popularity. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Dwayne lately has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Dwayne?

Dwayne's popularity is at a very low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Dwayne is used by only a select few and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Dwayne has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Dwayne (Girl)Dwayne (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 < 5 -- 232 915
2017 < 5 -- 224 932
2016 < 5 -- 221 943
2015 < 5 -- 293 797
2014 < 5 -- 245 883
2013 < 5 -- 323 722
2012 < 5 -- 313 740
2011 < 5 -- 320 713
2010 < 5 -- 349 678
2009 < 5 -- 346 694
2008 < 5 -- 347 690
2007 < 5 -- 360 666
2006 < 5 -- 387 614
2005 < 5 -- 339 644
2004 < 5 -- 294 685
2003 < 5 -- 343 609
2002 < 5 -- 323 615
2001 < 5 -- 339 588
2000 < 5 -- 406 537
1999 < 5 -- 364 551
1998 < 5 -- 419 509
1997 < 5 -- 418 498
1996 < 5 -- 470 459
1995 < 5 -- 507 449
1994 < 5 -- 556 410
1993 < 5 -- 589 390
1992 < 5 -- 675 352
1991 7 10,597 780 322
1990 7 10,530 828 307
1989 9 8,233 870 284
1988 10 7,279 828 282
1987 11 6,441 803 272
1986 17 4,589 823 265
1985 7 8,593 880 257
1984 13 5,288 861 253
1983 9 6,858 956 235
1982 12 5,637 964 241
1981 7 8,356 1,010 232
1980 13 5,311 1,067 224
1979 17 4,277 1,167 203
1978 11 5,661 1,237 192
1977 12 5,281 1,459 163
1976 10 5,698 1,327 175
1975 13 4,663 1,249 181
1974 17 3,739 1,199 188
1973 13 4,425 1,436 167
1972 11 4,873 1,591 163
1971 14 4,163 1,828 157
1970 20 3,239 2,315 141
1969 20 3,041 2,114 144
1968 16 3,363 2,084 137
1967 15 3,379 2,156 136
1966 9 4,592 2,266 133
1965 14 3,448 2,521 126
1964 20 2,846 2,870 120
1963 11 4,086 3,139 115
1962 17 3,065 3,118 119
1961 19 2,871 3,481 111
1960 21 2,671 3,040 123
1959 11 3,886 1,905 165
1958 < 5 -- 1,402 200
1957 8 4,632 1,035 238
1956 6 5,466 801 257
1955 < 5 -- 586 300
1954 < 5 -- 537 310
1953 5 5,907 480 323
1952 < 5 -- 401 344
1951 < 5 -- 391 346
1950 < 5 -- 342 366
1949 < 5 -- 362 354
1948 < 5 -- 345 364
1947 < 5 -- 390 346
1946 < 5 -- 303 373
1945 < 5 -- 248 377
1944 < 5 -- 266 370
1943 < 5 -- 196 452
1942 < 5 -- 198 440
1941 < 5 -- 204 411
1940 < 5 -- 231 375
1939 < 5 -- 213 386
1938 < 5 -- 186 417
1937 < 5 -- 203 386
1936 < 5 -- 213 375
1935 < 5 -- 190 396
1934 < 5 -- 199 389
1933 < 5 -- 166 427
1932 < 5 -- 163 442
1931 6 4,000 147 467
1930 < 5 -- 136 512
1929 < 5 -- 104 593
1928 < 5 -- 104 605
1927 < 5 -- 89 686
1926 < 5 -- 82 700
1925 < 5 -- 81 717
1924 < 5 -- 93 671
1923 < 5 -- 66 835
1922 < 5 -- 59 907
1921 < 5 -- 58 924
1920 < 5 -- 39 1,142
1919 < 5 -- 26 1,418
1918 < 5 -- 32 1,236
1917 < 5 -- 26 1,375
1916 < 5 -- 20 1,606
1915 < 5 -- 28 1,244
1914 < 5 -- 15 1,629
1913 < 5 -- 7 2,326
1912 < 5 -- 7 2,101
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.