Wayne

Last seen for girls in 1992 at #13,317 · #652 for boys in 2025, 422 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
#29
1946 · 8,807 births
Debut · boys
1880
23 births
In top 100 · boys
57 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
354,818
since 1880

Wayne over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201954peak #29, 1946boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#652422
2024—#686396
2023—#733359
2022—#768329
2021—#778318
2020—#774305
2019—#745322
2018—#776299
2017—#809281
2016—#739330
2015—#744325
2014—#789292
2013—#756301
2012—#778291
2011—#702327
2010—#780284
2009—#752304
2008—#691344
2007—#675354
2006—#647358
2005—#667319
2004—#597364
2003—#577382
2002—#533420
2001—#527421
2000—#505453
1999—#453507
1998—#436525
1997—#436515
1996—#388605
1995—#358674
1994—#332746
1993—#318834
1992#13,3175#293917
1991—#2631,031
1990—#2421,148
1989#8,7618#2311,168
1988#5,06516#2091,242
1987#5,31214#2001,298
1986#4,53917#1911,343
1985#5,07714#1841,384
1984#4,73715#1741,478
1983#3,24225#1711,529
1982#5,53412#1591,714
1981#8,1287#1561,751
1980#7,4188#1461,843
1979#7,3138#1491,831
1978#3,92418#1381,888
1977#3,91118#1371,950
1976#5,21511#1312,020
1975#4,59313#1202,134
1974#3,00823#1202,216
1973#4,15514#1072,448
1972#4,09114#1032,792
1971#3,37319#923,331
1970#2,57728#804,006
1969#2,91721#753,896
1968#3,61014#634,251
1967#2,96318#624,470
1966#2,51923#594,891
1965#2,74420#655,112
1964#2,60023#615,832
1963#2,61922#636,031
1962#2,21029#636,324
1961#2,29927#616,762
1960#2,36925#587,193
1959#1,95133#517,878
1958#2,11728#488,329
1957#2,06728#478,687
1956#1,87133#458,717
1955#2,02428#448,728
1954#1,67737#419,175
1953#1,87229#408,905
1952#2,50218#389,087
1951#2,18221#379,327
1950#2,25319#359,259
1949#1,80728#358,927
1948#2,41617#348,682
1947#1,66133#3010,169
1946#2,15319#298,807
1945#2,59812#356,738
1944#2,28715#376,724
1943#1,90021#416,761
1942#1,86021#416,484
1941#1,81020#376,112
1940#1,79220#395,727
1939#1,51425#395,653
1938#1,34330#405,226
1937#1,58023#444,613
1936#2,03215#454,409
1935#1,60622#494,057
1934#2,08715#484,035
1933#1,31130#523,562
1932#1,48826#573,388
1931#1,59423#583,217
1930#1,46028#652,981
1929#1,41929#692,741
1928#1,46929#692,855
1927#1,48630#672,882
1926#2,16517#682,811
1925#1,89121#742,713
1924#1,81123#742,730
1923#1,73624#752,597
1922#2,18617#782,476
1921#1,86722#812,417
1920#1,95220#862,180
1919#1,85520#901,955
1918#1,69023#911,912
1917#1,99617#961,715
1916#2,24614#981,587
1915#1,96416#971,517
1914#3,1886#1111,001
1913#1,88311#113760
1912#2,3607#118617
1911#2,1916#126280
1910#2,1406#141228
1909—#153163
1908—#137178
1907—#152148
1906—#167116
1905—#177107
1904—#19392
1903—#18092
1902—#18590
1901—#17087
1900—#21385
1899—#22457
1898—#21168
1897—#24351
1896—#24655
1895—#23556
1894—#22458
1893—#22955
1892—#31235
1891—#30829
1890—#25245
1889—#30532
1888—#28041
1887—#30729
1886—#35723
1885—#35524
1884—#29634
1883—#33125
1882—#37722
1881—#28930
1880—#35623
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Wayne was already there! It came in at #356, and was given to 23 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 31 boys a year got the name.

See more about Wayne
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 34 spots since 2024 (#686 → #652)
  • 122 spots since 2020 (#774 → #652)
  • 92 spots since 2015 (#744 → #652)
  • Biggest jump: 83 spots in 1893 (#312 → #229)
  • Biggest drop: 88 spots in 1882 (#289 → #377)
Rise & fade · boys
66 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1946 at #29 (8,807 births)
  • Births halved by 1968, 22 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 57 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 57 yrs · run 1915–1971
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 180
  • Highest: 1 in 180 boys born in 1947 were named Wayne (0.56%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,048 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #29 in 1946, was only 1 in 184 (0.54%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 24.8% of all boys named Wayne (88,092) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s283#280 (1888)#325
1890s509#211 (1898)#248
1900s1,158#137 (1908)#173
1910s11,572#90 (1919)#108
1920s26,402#67 (1927)#74
1930s41,141#39 (1939)#50
1940s75,131#29 (1946)#36
1950s88,092#35 (1950)#43
1960s54,762#58 (1960)#63
1970s24,616#80 (1970)#118
1980s14,750#146 (1980)#182
1990s7,502#242 (1990)#352
2000s3,719#505 (2000)#617
2010s3,052#702 (2011)#762
2020s2,129#652 (2025)#732

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.

Wayne in 1954

girls
#1,677
37 births · 1 in 52,484 girls
boys
#41
9,175 births · 1 in 222 boys

Top girls' names in 1954

  1. #1Mary68,019
  2. #2Linda55,371
  3. #3Deborah54,674
  4. #4Patricia49,149
  5. #5Susan47,162
  6. #6Debra45,896
  7. #7Barbara36,368
  8. #8Karen32,456
  9. #9Nancy30,270
  10. #10Cynthia27,615
  11. #1,677Wayne37

Top boys' names in 1954

  1. #1Michael88,568
  2. #2Robert86,331
  3. #3James86,311
  4. #4John81,168
  5. #5David79,556
  6. #6William61,426
  7. #7Richard57,042
  8. #8Thomas47,159
  9. #9Gary37,920
  10. #10Charles37,463
  11. #41Wayne9,175
More about 1954

girls

1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 52,484 of them was named Wayne, which outranked 74.7% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wayne
  1. #1,648Verdell38
  2. #1,648Wenda38
  3. #1,648Willene38
  4. #1,677Wayne37
  5. #1,677Allyn37
  6. #1,677Arletta37
  7. #1,677Arlinda37
  8. #1,702Amie36
  9. #1,702Armida36
  10. #1,702Augustine36

Tied with 24 names at #1,677; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,699Sherree#2,699 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,434Sabrina#2,236 → #802
  3. ↑ 932Valinda#1,738 → #806
  4. ↑ 748Sheree#1,071 → #323
  5. ↑ 421Sherie#1,248 → #827
Fallers
  1. ↓ 396Enola#948 → #1,344
  2. ↓ 311Ila#782 → #1,093
  3. ↓ 302Nancie#816 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 282Arline#904 → #1,186
  5. ↓ 269Candyce#944 → #1,213

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 222 of them was named Wayne, which outranked 99.1% 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).

Ranked beside Wayne
  1. #38Patrick9,927
  2. #39Lawrence9,606
  3. #40Scott9,457
  4. #41Wayne9,175
  5. #42Danny9,103
  6. #43Alan8,711
  7. #44Gerald8,552
Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. ↑ 592Ricci#1,331 → #739
  2. ↑ 470Demetrius#1,357 → #887
  3. ↑ 382Crawford#1,378 → #996
  4. ↑ 310Gavin#1,139 → #829
  5. ↑ 296Dino#1,058 → #762
Fallers
  1. ↓ 504Arlin#878 → #1,382
  2. ↓ 347Adan#895 → #1,242
  3. ↓ 345Dayton#966 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 302Garey#966 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 293Bartholomew#975 → #1,268

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1954 →