Dwayne is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 1961 and has since faded.
Dwayne is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,565 for boy births in the United States (and #3,340 across all names), given to 109 babies. Dwayne first appears in 1912 and peaked in 1961 (3,486 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 109 | 109 | — | #1,565 |
| 2024 | 130 | 130 | — | #1,418 |
| 2023 | 140 | 140 | — | #1,350 |
| 2022 | 149 | 149 | — | #1,286 |
| 2021 | 168 | 168 | — | #1,174 |
| 2020 | 181 | 181 | — | #1,096 |
| 2019 | 199 | 199 | — | #1,040 |
| 2018 | 236 | 236 | — | #912 |
| 2017 | 225 | 225 | — | #930 |
| 2016 | 222 | 227 | — | #942 |
| 2015 | 294 | 303 | — | #791 |
| 2014 | 246 | 254 | — | #882 |
| 2013 | 324 | 344 | — | #720 |
| 2012 | 313 | 327 | — | #740 |
| 2011 | 321 | 333 | — | #713 |
| 2010 | 349 | 365 | — | #678 |
| 2009 | 347 | 352 | — | #694 |
| 2008 | 347 | 355 | — | #690 |
| 2007 | 360 | 367 | — | #666 |
| 2006 | 389 | 396 | — | #613 |
| 2005 | 339 | 339 | — | #644 |
| 2004 | 294 | 300 | — | #685 |
| 2003 | 343 | 343 | — | #609 |
| 2002 | 323 | 323 | — | #615 |
| 2001 | 339 | 339 | — | #589 |
| 2000 | 407 | 407 | — | #537 |
| 1999 | 364 | 364 | — | #551 |
| 1998 | 419 | 419 | — | #509 |
| 1997 | 418 | — | — | #498 |
| 1996 | 470 | — | — | #459 |
| 1995 | 507 | — | — | #449 |
| 1994 | 556 | — | — | #410 |
| 1993 | 590 | — | — | #389 |
| 1992 | 675 | — | — | #352 |
| 1991 | 786 | — | #10,596 | #322 |
| 1990 | 837 | — | #10,533 | #308 |
| 1989 | 879 | — | #8,233 | #284 |
| 1988 | 838 | — | #7,279 | #282 |
| 1987 | 813 | — | #6,445 | #275 |
| 1986 | 842 | — | #4,590 | #265 |
| 1985 | 887 | — | #8,595 | #257 |
| 1984 | 874 | — | #5,291 | #253 |
| 1983 | 964 | — | #6,861 | #235 |
| 1982 | 976 | — | #5,639 | #241 |
| 1981 | 1,017 | — | #8,360 | #232 |
| 1980 | 1,082 | — | #5,314 | #224 |
| 1979 | 1,185 | — | #4,278 | #203 |
| 1978 | 1,248 | — | #5,658 | #192 |
| 1977 | 1,472 | — | #5,283 | #163 |
| 1976 | 1,336 | — | #5,700 | #175 |
| 1975 | 1,261 | — | #4,664 | #181 |
| 1974 | 1,217 | — | #3,742 | #188 |
| 1973 | 1,448 | — | #4,425 | #167 |
| 1972 | 1,605 | — | #4,874 | #162 |
| 1971 | 1,840 | — | #4,164 | #157 |
| 1970 | 2,337 | — | #3,240 | #141 |
| 1969 | 2,133 | — | #3,041 | #144 |
| 1968 | 2,097 | — | #3,360 | #137 |
| 1967 | 2,172 | — | #3,377 | #136 |
| 1966 | 2,274 | — | #4,593 | #133 |
| 1965 | 2,535 | — | #3,451 | #126 |
| 1964 | 2,894 | — | #2,846 | #120 |
| 1963 | 3,147 | — | #4,085 | #115 |
| 1962 | 3,135 | — | #3,070 | #119 |
| 1961 | 3,505 | — | #2,872 | #111 |
| 1960 | 3,058 | — | #2,671 | #123 |
| 1959 | 1,915 | — | #4,102 | #165 |
| 1958 | 1,404 | — | #6,351 | #200 |
| 1957 | 1,044 | — | #4,638 | #239 |
| 1956 | 806 | — | #5,468 | #257 |
| 1955 | 588 | — | — | #299 |
| 1954 | 536 | — | — | #311 |
| 1953 | 485 | — | #5,906 | #321 |
| 1952 | 401 | — | — | #344 |
| 1951 | 391 | — | — | #346 |
| 1950 | 342 | — | — | #366 |
| 1949 | 362 | — | — | #354 |
| 1948 | 345 | — | — | #364 |
| 1947 | 390 | — | — | #346 |
| 1946 | 303 | — | — | #373 |
| 1945 | 248 | — | — | #377 |
| 1944 | 266 | — | — | #370 |
| 1943 | 196 | — | — | #452 |
| 1942 | 198 | — | — | #440 |
| 1941 | 204 | — | — | #411 |
| 1940 | 231 | — | — | #375 |
| 1939 | 213 | — | — | #386 |
| 1938 | 187 | — | — | #416 |
| 1937 | 201 | — | — | #389 |
| 1936 | 213 | — | — | #375 |
| 1935 | 191 | — | — | #395 |
| 1934 | 199 | — | — | #389 |
| 1933 | 166 | — | — | #427 |
| 1932 | 163 | — | — | #442 |
| 1931 | 153 | — | #3,998 | #467 |
| 1930 | 136 | — | — | #512 |
| 1929 | 104 | — | — | #592 |
| 1928 | 104 | — | — | #605 |
| 1927 | 90 | — | — | #678 |
| 1926 | 81 | — | — | #710 |
| 1925 | 81 | — | — | #717 |
| 1924 | 93 | — | — | #671 |
| 1923 | 66 | — | — | #835 |
| 1922 | 59 | — | — | #909 |
| 1921 | 58 | — | — | #924 |
| 1920 | 39 | — | — | #1,142 |
| 1919 | 26 | — | — | #1,419 |
| 1918 | 32 | — | — | #1,236 |
| 1917 | 26 | — | — | #1,375 |
| 1916 | 20 | — | — | #1,606 |
| 1915 | 28 | — | — | #1,244 |
| 1914 | 15 | — | — | #1,629 |
| 1913 | 7 | — | — | #2,326 |
| 1912 | 7 | — | — | #2,101 |