Dwaine
Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,987
- Peak · boys
- 1951 · 97 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,362since 1916
Dwaine over time
Rank among boys' names. Dwaine has never cracked the top 700 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 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #7,048 | 11 |
| 2013 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #5,720 | 15 |
| 2011 | #6,578 | 12 |
| 2010 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #7,692 | 10 |
| 2008 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #3,986 | 18 |
| 1998 | #5,840 | 10 |
| 1997 | #3,877 | 17 |
| 1996 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | #4,791 | 12 |
| 1994 | #4,290 | 14 |
| 1993 | #3,819 | 16 |
| 1992 | #3,338 | 19 |
| 1991 | #2,989 | 21 |
| 1990 | #2,308 | 30 |
| 1989 | #2,615 | 24 |
| 1988 | #2,255 | 27 |
| 1987 | #2,115 | 28 |
| 1986 | #3,131 | 15 |
| 1985 | #2,116 | 26 |
| 1984 | #2,159 | 24 |
| 1983 | #2,140 | 24 |
| 1982 | #2,111 | 25 |
| 1981 | #1,456 | 43 |
| 1980 | #1,852 | 30 |
| 1979 | #1,833 | 30 |
| 1978 | #1,438 | 42 |
| 1977 | #1,367 | 44 |
| 1976 | #1,286 | 47 |
| 1975 | #1,208 | 49 |
| 1974 | #1,290 | 43 |
| 1973 | #1,023 | 62 |
| 1972 | #1,348 | 39 |
| 1971 | #1,057 | 59 |
| 1970 | #931 | 73 |
| 1969 | #893 | 73 |
| 1968 | #920 | 62 |
| 1967 | #968 | 56 |
| 1966 | #941 | 59 |
| 1965 | #881 | 69 |
| 1964 | #901 | 71 |
| 1963 | #829 | 83 |
| 1962 | #793 | 92 |
| 1961 | #839 | 84 |
| 1960 | #730 | 111 |
| 1959 | #722 | 112 |
| 1958 | #777 | 92 |
| 1957 | #750 | 100 |
| 1956 | #720 | 103 |
| 1955 | #792 | 85 |
| 1954 | #714 | 103 |
| 1953 | #779 | 83 |
| 1952 | #746 | 89 |
| 1951 | #702 | 97 |
| 1950 | #836 | 66 |
| 1949 | #803 | 73 |
| 1948 | #852 | 64 |
| 1947 | #916 | 58 |
| 1946 | #838 | 62 |
| 1945 | #966 | 44 |
| 1944 | #853 | 55 |
| 1943 | #897 | 55 |
| 1942 | #1,054 | 41 |
| 1941 | #925 | 47 |
| 1940 | #893 | 50 |
| 1939 | #836 | 53 |
| 1938 | #742 | 68 |
| 1937 | #764 | 64 |
| 1936 | #787 | 60 |
| 1935 | #739 | 69 |
| 1934 | #822 | 58 |
| 1933 | #740 | 68 |
| 1932 | #722 | 74 |
| 1931 | #1,031 | 42 |
| 1930 | #824 | 62 |
| 1929 | #940 | 51 |
| 1928 | #835 | 62 |
| 1927 | #1,080 | 43 |
| 1926 | #944 | 52 |
| 1925 | #1,246 | 33 |
| 1924 | #1,263 | 33 |
| 1923 | #1,256 | 33 |
| 1922 | #1,545 | 24 |
| 1921 | #1,412 | 28 |
| 1920 | #1,505 | 25 |
| 1919 | #1,695 | 20 |
| 1918 | #3,096 | 8 |
| 1917 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #3,897 | 5 |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Dwaine! It came in at #3,897, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2003, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Dwaine is popular in 1929
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Nebraska#211 · 1 in 1,894
- Iowa#244 · 1 in 2,698
- Minnesota#252 · 1 in 2,800
- Michigan#433 · 1 in 8,428
Best ever in a state: #160 in Nebraska, 1928.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | #211 | 6 | 1 in 1,894 |
| Iowa | #244 | 7 | 1 in 2,698 |
| Minnesota | #252 | 7 | 1 in 2,800 |
| Michigan | #433 | 5 | 1 in 8,428 |
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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 Dwaine
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 309 spots in 1932 (#1,031 → #722)
- Biggest drop: 207 spots in 1931 (#824 → #1,031)
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1951 at #702 (97 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 21 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1943–1970
- Highest: 1 in 14,110 boys born in 1932 were named Dwaine (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 215,361 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #702 in 1951, was only 1 in 19,411 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 21.3% of all boys named Dwaine (930) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 38 | #1,695 (1919) | #3,167 |
| 1920s | 384 | #835 (1928) | #1,203 |
| 1930s | 618 | #722 (1932) | #801 |
| 1940s | 549 | #803 (1949) | #900 |
| 1950s | 930 | #702 (1951) | #754 |
| 1960s | 760 | #730 (1960) | #870 |
| 1970s | 488 | #931 (1970) | #1,278 |
| 1980s | 266 | #1,456 (1981) | #2,195 |
| 1990s | 166 | #2,308 (1990) | #4,122 |
| 2000s | 69 | #6,935 (2001) | #8,694 |
| 2010s | 76 | #5,720 (2012) | #9,180 |
| 2020s | 18 | #8,987 (2024) | #11,052 |
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.
Dwaine in 1929
Top boys' names in 1929
More about 1929
boys
1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 21,090 of them was named Dwaine, which outranked 79.3% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #930Miller52
- #930Refugio52
- #930Rose52
- #940Dwaine51
- #940Adelbert51
- #940Brady51
- #940Chauncey51
- #952Benjiman50
- #952Cleon50
- #952Federico50
Tied with 11 names at #940; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.