Wayne remains a common boys' name (#653 in 2025), down from a peak of #29 in 1946.
Wayne is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #655 for boy births in the United States (and #1,326 across all names), given to 422 babies. Wayne first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1947 (10,169 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 422 | 422 | — | #655 |
| 2024 | 396 | 396 | — | #686 |
| 2023 | 359 | 359 | — | #734 |
| 2022 | 329 | 329 | — | #770 |
| 2021 | 318 | 318 | — | #779 |
| 2020 | 305 | 305 | — | #775 |
| 2019 | 322 | 322 | — | #745 |
| 2018 | 299 | 299 | — | #778 |
| 2017 | 281 | 281 | — | #810 |
| 2016 | 330 | 330 | — | #740 |
| 2015 | 325 | 325 | — | #744 |
| 2014 | 292 | 292 | — | #789 |
| 2013 | 301 | 301 | — | #756 |
| 2012 | 291 | 291 | — | #781 |
| 2011 | 327 | 327 | — | #702 |
| 2010 | 284 | 284 | — | #780 |
| 2009 | 304 | 304 | — | #754 |
| 2008 | 344 | 344 | — | #692 |
| 2007 | 354 | 360 | — | #675 |
| 2006 | 358 | 358 | — | #649 |
| 2005 | 319 | 319 | — | #667 |
| 2004 | 364 | 372 | — | #598 |
| 2003 | 382 | 382 | — | #580 |
| 2002 | 420 | 420 | — | #533 |
| 2001 | 421 | 421 | — | #527 |
| 2000 | 453 | 458 | — | #506 |
| 1999 | 507 | 507 | — | #453 |
| 1998 | 525 | 525 | — | #436 |
| 1997 | 515 | — | — | #436 |
| 1996 | 605 | — | — | #389 |
| 1995 | 674 | — | — | #358 |
| 1994 | 746 | — | — | #333 |
| 1993 | 834 | — | — | #318 |
| 1992 | 922 | — | #15,553 | #293 |
| 1991 | 1,031 | — | — | #263 |
| 1990 | 1,148 | — | — | #242 |
| 1989 | 1,176 | — | #9,655 | #231 |
| 1988 | 1,258 | — | #5,315 | #209 |
| 1987 | 1,312 | — | #5,606 | #200 |
| 1986 | 1,360 | — | #4,721 | #191 |
| 1985 | 1,398 | — | #5,340 | #184 |
| 1984 | 1,493 | — | #4,962 | #174 |
| 1983 | 1,554 | — | #3,338 | #171 |
| 1982 | 1,726 | — | #5,900 | #159 |
| 1981 | 1,758 | — | #9,086 | #156 |
| 1980 | 1,851 | — | #8,156 | #146 |
| 1979 | 1,839 | — | #8,046 | #149 |
| 1978 | 1,906 | — | #4,078 | #138 |
| 1977 | 1,968 | — | #4,065 | #138 |
| 1976 | 2,031 | — | #5,591 | #131 |
| 1975 | 2,147 | — | #4,846 | #120 |
| 1974 | 2,239 | — | #3,105 | #120 |
| 1973 | 2,462 | — | #4,355 | #107 |
| 1972 | 2,806 | — | #4,295 | #103 |
| 1971 | 3,350 | — | #3,504 | #92 |
| 1970 | 4,034 | — | #2,644 | #80 |
| 1969 | 3,917 | — | #3,008 | #75 |
| 1968 | 4,265 | — | #3,783 | #63 |
| 1967 | 4,488 | — | #3,081 | #62 |
| 1966 | 4,914 | — | #2,583 | #59 |
| 1965 | 5,132 | — | #2,832 | #65 |
| 1964 | 5,855 | — | #2,672 | #61 |
| 1963 | 6,053 | — | #2,702 | #63 |
| 1962 | 6,353 | — | #2,261 | #63 |
| 1961 | 6,789 | — | #2,356 | #61 |
| 1960 | 7,218 | — | #2,431 | #58 |
| 1959 | 7,911 | — | #1,983 | #51 |
| 1958 | 8,357 | — | #2,164 | #48 |
| 1957 | 8,715 | — | #2,119 | #47 |
| 1956 | 8,750 | — | #1,896 | #45 |
| 1955 | 8,756 | — | #2,059 | #44 |
| 1954 | 9,212 | — | #1,701 | #41 |
| 1953 | 8,934 | — | #1,930 | #40 |
| 1952 | 9,105 | — | #2,578 | #38 |
| 1951 | 9,348 | — | #2,244 | #37 |
| 1950 | 9,278 | — | #2,338 | #35 |
| 1949 | 8,955 | — | #1,844 | #35 |
| 1948 | 8,699 | — | #2,488 | #34 |
| 1947 | 10,202 | — | #1,696 | #30 |
| 1946 | 8,826 | — | #2,227 | #29 |
| 1945 | 6,750 | — | #2,739 | #35 |
| 1944 | 6,739 | — | #2,397 | #37 |
| 1943 | 6,782 | — | #1,946 | #41 |
| 1942 | 6,505 | — | #1,915 | #41 |
| 1941 | 6,132 | — | #1,880 | #37 |
| 1940 | 5,747 | — | #1,843 | #39 |
| 1939 | 5,678 | — | #1,542 | #39 |
| 1938 | 5,256 | — | #1,381 | #40 |
| 1937 | 4,636 | — | #1,629 | #44 |
| 1936 | 4,424 | — | #2,147 | #45 |
| 1935 | 4,079 | — | #1,660 | #49 |
| 1934 | 4,050 | — | #2,184 | #48 |
| 1933 | 3,592 | — | #1,328 | #52 |
| 1932 | 3,414 | — | #1,518 | #57 |
| 1931 | 3,240 | — | #1,633 | #58 |
| 1930 | 3,009 | — | #1,498 | #65 |
| 1929 | 2,770 | — | #1,446 | #69 |
| 1928 | 2,884 | — | #1,501 | #69 |
| 1927 | 2,912 | — | #1,521 | #67 |
| 1926 | 2,828 | — | #2,251 | #68 |
| 1925 | 2,734 | — | #1,942 | #74 |
| 1924 | 2,753 | — | #1,869 | #74 |
| 1923 | 2,621 | — | #1,779 | #75 |
| 1922 | 2,493 | — | #2,284 | #78 |
| 1921 | 2,439 | — | #1,922 | #81 |
| 1920 | 2,200 | — | #2,012 | #86 |
| 1919 | 1,975 | — | #1,919 | #90 |
| 1918 | 1,935 | — | #1,751 | #91 |
| 1917 | 1,732 | — | #2,097 | #96 |
| 1916 | 1,601 | — | #2,365 | #98 |
| 1915 | 1,533 | — | #2,047 | #97 |
| 1914 | 1,007 | — | #3,601 | #111 |
| 1913 | 771 | — | #2,028 | #113 |
| 1912 | 624 | — | #2,621 | #118 |
| 1911 | 286 | — | #2,453 | #126 |
| 1910 | 234 | — | #2,392 | #141 |
| 1909 | 163 | — | — | #155 |
| 1908 | 178 | — | — | #138 |
| 1907 | 148 | — | — | #155 |
| 1906 | 116 | — | — | #167 |
| 1905 | 107 | — | — | #178 |
| 1904 | 92 | — | — | #193 |
| 1903 | 92 | — | — | #182 |
| 1902 | 90 | — | — | #187 |
| 1901 | 87 | — | — | #173 |
| 1900 | 85 | — | — | #214 |
| 1899 | 57 | — | — | #224 |
| 1898 | 68 | — | — | #214 |
| 1897 | 51 | — | — | #243 |
| 1896 | 55 | — | — | #247 |
| 1895 | 56 | — | — | #236 |
| 1894 | 58 | — | — | #226 |
| 1893 | 55 | — | — | #234 |
| 1892 | 35 | — | — | #318 |
| 1891 | 29 | — | — | #317 |
| 1890 | 45 | — | — | #254 |
| 1889 | 32 | — | — | #312 |
| 1888 | 41 | — | — | #283 |
| 1887 | 29 | — | — | #310 |
| 1886 | 23 | — | — | #368 |
| 1885 | 24 | — | — | #362 |
| 1884 | 34 | — | — | #300 |
| 1883 | 25 | — | — | #336 |
| 1882 | 22 | — | — | #387 |
| 1881 | 30 | — | — | #295 |
| 1880 | 23 | — | — | #361 |