How Many People Are Named Dwayne?
people named Dwayne are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,377 people in the US has this name
Based on 77,200 babies named Dwayne in Social Security records from 1912 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐ Rare
Peak Year
3,505 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of DUANE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Dwayne in English. Counting Dwayne and these spellings together, about 156,934 people alive in the US have the name.
โง Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Dwayne, 0.7% were girls and 99.3% were boys.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Dwayne alive today is about 50 years old, and 52% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 40 and 62 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Dwayne first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 1961, to 3,505 babies. In 2025, 109 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Dwayne has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #111, in 1961. In 2025 it ranked #1,565.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,565 |
| Best rank | #111 (1961) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #126 in the 1960s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Dwayne alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dwayne were born in New York than in any other state: about 5,127 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dwayne was given 2.8 times as often in Louisiana, 2.3 times in District of Columbia and 1.9 times in Maryland.
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