Duwayne

Where Duwayne comes from

The dictionaries list Duwayne as a given name — a male given name, variant of Duane — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1916
    First appearance
    #3,897 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1935
    Peak, #741
    68 babies named Duwayne — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1952
    Duwayne Dunham born
    American film director and editor
  4. 1975
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,530.
  5. 1987
    Duwayne Kerr born
    Jamaican football player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name, variant of Duane.
Namesakes
  • Duwayne Kerr · Jamaican football player, born 1987
  • Duwayne Dunham · American film director and editor, born 1952
  • Duwayne Ewart · association football player, born 1998

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.