Dwain
Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
- Peak · boys
- 1959 · 258 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,581since 1913
Dwain over time
Rank among boys' names. Dwain has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | #8,166 | 9 |
| 2020 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | #7,617 | 10 |
| 2017 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #6,676 | 12 |
| 2014 | #5,733 | 15 |
| 2013 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | #5,482 | 16 |
| 2011 | #5,945 | 14 |
| 2010 | #7,591 | 10 |
| 2009 | #6,802 | 12 |
| 2008 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #6,460 | 12 |
| 2005 | #5,034 | 16 |
| 2004 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #5,558 | 13 |
| 2002 | #4,502 | 17 |
| 2001 | #6,445 | 10 |
| 2000 | #4,785 | 15 |
| 1999 | #4,341 | 16 |
| 1998 | #3,708 | 19 |
| 1997 | #3,455 | 20 |
| 1996 | #3,830 | 17 |
| 1995 | #3,559 | 18 |
| 1994 | #3,469 | 19 |
| 1993 | #3,042 | 22 |
| 1992 | #3,105 | 21 |
| 1991 | #2,295 | 31 |
| 1990 | #1,968 | 38 |
| 1989 | #1,993 | 36 |
| 1988 | #1,879 | 35 |
| 1987 | #1,793 | 36 |
| 1986 | #1,917 | 31 |
| 1985 | #1,698 | 36 |
| 1984 | #1,606 | 37 |
| 1983 | #1,399 | 45 |
| 1982 | #1,310 | 51 |
| 1981 | #1,411 | 45 |
| 1980 | #1,176 | 60 |
| 1979 | #1,193 | 58 |
| 1978 | #1,177 | 57 |
| 1977 | #1,158 | 57 |
| 1976 | #1,225 | 50 |
| 1975 | #1,053 | 62 |
| 1974 | #898 | 81 |
| 1973 | #810 | 95 |
| 1972 | #859 | 87 |
| 1971 | #803 | 100 |
| 1970 | #763 | 117 |
| 1969 | #715 | 120 |
| 1968 | #733 | 104 |
| 1967 | #726 | 104 |
| 1966 | #683 | 117 |
| 1965 | #668 | 123 |
| 1964 | #655 | 140 |
| 1963 | #591 | 176 |
| 1962 | #629 | 151 |
| 1961 | #570 | 190 |
| 1960 | #522 | 231 |
| 1959 | #488 | 258 |
| 1958 | #578 | 179 |
| 1957 | #579 | 177 |
| 1956 | #538 | 195 |
| 1955 | #590 | 155 |
| 1954 | #545 | 178 |
| 1953 | #548 | 166 |
| 1952 | #599 | 138 |
| 1951 | #590 | 138 |
| 1950 | #652 | 114 |
| 1949 | #590 | 132 |
| 1948 | #592 | 128 |
| 1947 | #590 | 133 |
| 1946 | #579 | 123 |
| 1945 | #708 | 74 |
| 1944 | #679 | 83 |
| 1943 | #709 | 82 |
| 1942 | #611 | 106 |
| 1941 | #628 | 93 |
| 1940 | #565 | 110 |
| 1939 | #569 | 101 |
| 1938 | #559 | 108 |
| 1937 | #566 | 105 |
| 1936 | #552 | 107 |
| 1935 | #553 | 108 |
| 1934 | #595 | 98 |
| 1933 | #577 | 100 |
| 1932 | #632 | 89 |
| 1931 | #643 | 85 |
| 1930 | #718 | 76 |
| 1929 | #712 | 76 |
| 1928 | #738 | 75 |
| 1927 | #825 | 65 |
| 1926 | #831 | 63 |
| 1925 | #746 | 77 |
| 1924 | #960 | 53 |
| 1923 | #941 | 53 |
| 1922 | #999 | 50 |
| 1921 | #1,101 | 41 |
| 1920 | #1,045 | 44 |
| 1919 | #1,247 | 32 |
| 1918 | #1,404 | 26 |
| 1917 | #1,362 | 26 |
| 1916 | #1,505 | 22 |
| 1915 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1914 | #1,868 | 12 |
| 1913 | #1,945 | 9 |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Dwain! It came in at #1,945, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2007, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Dwain is popular in 1954
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Ohio#368 · 1 in 7,803
- Illinois#370 · 1 in 6,637
- Tennessee#412 · 1 in 6,937
- Michigan#413 · 1 in 9,353
- Louisiana#419 · 1 in 5,037
Best ever in a state: #165 in Nebraska, 1940.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | #368 | 14 | 1 in 7,803 |
| Illinois | #370 | 16 | 1 in 6,637 |
| Tennessee | #412 | 6 | 1 in 6,937 |
| Michigan | #413 | 10 | 1 in 9,353 |
| Louisiana | #419 | 8 | 1 in 5,037 |
| Missouri | #444 | 5 | 1 in 9,360 |
| Texas | #454 | 22 | 1 in 5,507 |
| California | #516 | 15 | 1 in 10,241 |
| Pennsylvania | #542 | 6 | 1 in 20,089 |
| North Carolina | #551 | 5 | 1 in 11,026 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Dwain
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 214 spots in 1925 (#960 → #746)
- Biggest drop: 155 spots in 1975 (#898 → #1,053)
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1959 at #488 (258 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1922–1974
- Highest: 1 in 8,273 boys born in 1959 were named Dwain (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 287,148 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 22.4% of all boys named Dwain (1,698) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 144 | #1,247 (1919) | #1,577 |
| 1920s | 597 | #712 (1929) | #890 |
| 1930s | 977 | #552 (1936) | #596 |
| 1940s | 1,064 | #565 (1940) | #625 |
| 1950s | 1,698 | #488 (1959) | #571 |
| 1960s | 1,456 | #522 (1960) | #649 |
| 1970s | 764 | #763 (1970) | #994 |
| 1980s | 412 | #1,176 (1980) | #1,618 |
| 1990s | 221 | #1,968 (1990) | #3,277 |
| 2000s | 115 | #4,502 (2002) | #6,034 |
| 2010s | 104 | #5,482 (2012) | #8,031 |
| 2020s | 29 | #8,166 (2021) | #9,620 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Dwain in 1954
Top boys' names in 1954
More about 1954
boys
2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 11,454 of them was named Dwain, which outranked 87.5% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #540Emil179
- #540Morgan179
- #540Reid179
- #545Dwain178
- #545Doug178
- #545Felipe178
- #545Jefferson178
- #550Erwin177
- #551Gilberto175
- #551Odell175
Tied with 4 names at #545; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 504Arlin#878 → #1,382
- ↓ 347Adan#895 → #1,242
- ↓ 345Dayton#966 → #1,311
- ↓ 302Garey#966 → #1,268
- ↓ 293Bartholomew#975 → #1,268
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.