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
- Peak · boys
- 1946 · 8,807 births
- Debut · boys
- 23 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 57 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 354,818since 1880
Wayne over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #652 | 422 | |
| 2024 | — | #686 | 396 | |
| 2023 | — | #733 | 359 | |
| 2022 | — | #768 | 329 | |
| 2021 | — | #778 | 318 | |
| 2020 | — | #774 | 305 | |
| 2019 | — | #745 | 322 | |
| 2018 | — | #776 | 299 | |
| 2017 | — | #809 | 281 | |
| 2016 | — | #739 | 330 | |
| 2015 | — | #744 | 325 | |
| 2014 | — | #789 | 292 | |
| 2013 | — | #756 | 301 | |
| 2012 | — | #778 | 291 | |
| 2011 | — | #702 | 327 | |
| 2010 | — | #780 | 284 | |
| 2009 | — | #752 | 304 | |
| 2008 | — | #691 | 344 | |
| 2007 | — | #675 | 354 | |
| 2006 | — | #647 | 358 | |
| 2005 | — | #667 | 319 | |
| 2004 | — | #597 | 364 | |
| 2003 | — | #577 | 382 | |
| 2002 | — | #533 | 420 | |
| 2001 | — | #527 | 421 | |
| 2000 | — | #505 | 453 | |
| 1999 | — | #453 | 507 | |
| 1998 | — | #436 | 525 | |
| 1997 | — | #436 | 515 | |
| 1996 | — | #388 | 605 | |
| 1995 | — | #358 | 674 | |
| 1994 | — | #332 | 746 | |
| 1993 | — | #318 | 834 | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #293 | 917 |
| 1991 | — | #263 | 1,031 | |
| 1990 | — | #242 | 1,148 | |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #231 | 1,168 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 | #209 | 1,242 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | #200 | 1,298 |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 | #191 | 1,343 |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 | #184 | 1,384 |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 | #174 | 1,478 |
| 1983 | #3,242 | 25 | #171 | 1,529 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 | #159 | 1,714 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #156 | 1,751 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | #146 | 1,843 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | #149 | 1,831 |
| 1978 | #3,924 | 18 | #138 | 1,888 |
| 1977 | #3,911 | 18 | #137 | 1,950 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | #131 | 2,020 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 | #120 | 2,134 |
| 1974 | #3,008 | 23 | #120 | 2,216 |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 | #107 | 2,448 |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 | #103 | 2,792 |
| 1971 | #3,373 | 19 | #92 | 3,331 |
| 1970 | #2,577 | 28 | #80 | 4,006 |
| 1969 | #2,917 | 21 | #75 | 3,896 |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 | #63 | 4,251 |
| 1967 | #2,963 | 18 | #62 | 4,470 |
| 1966 | #2,519 | 23 | #59 | 4,891 |
| 1965 | #2,744 | 20 | #65 | 5,112 |
| 1964 | #2,600 | 23 | #61 | 5,832 |
| 1963 | #2,619 | 22 | #63 | 6,031 |
| 1962 | #2,210 | 29 | #63 | 6,324 |
| 1961 | #2,299 | 27 | #61 | 6,762 |
| 1960 | #2,369 | 25 | #58 | 7,193 |
| 1959 | #1,951 | 33 | #51 | 7,878 |
| 1958 | #2,117 | 28 | #48 | 8,329 |
| 1957 | #2,067 | 28 | #47 | 8,687 |
| 1956 | #1,871 | 33 | #45 | 8,717 |
| 1955 | #2,024 | 28 | #44 | 8,728 |
| 1954 | #1,677 | 37 | #41 | 9,175 |
| 1953 | #1,872 | 29 | #40 | 8,905 |
| 1952 | #2,502 | 18 | #38 | 9,087 |
| 1951 | #2,182 | 21 | #37 | 9,327 |
| 1950 | #2,253 | 19 | #35 | 9,259 |
| 1949 | #1,807 | 28 | #35 | 8,927 |
| 1948 | #2,416 | 17 | #34 | 8,682 |
| 1947 | #1,661 | 33 | #30 | 10,169 |
| 1946 | #2,153 | 19 | #29 | 8,807 |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 | #35 | 6,738 |
| 1944 | #2,287 | 15 | #37 | 6,724 |
| 1943 | #1,900 | 21 | #41 | 6,761 |
| 1942 | #1,860 | 21 | #41 | 6,484 |
| 1941 | #1,810 | 20 | #37 | 6,112 |
| 1940 | #1,792 | 20 | #39 | 5,727 |
| 1939 | #1,514 | 25 | #39 | 5,653 |
| 1938 | #1,343 | 30 | #40 | 5,226 |
| 1937 | #1,580 | 23 | #44 | 4,613 |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 | #45 | 4,409 |
| 1935 | #1,606 | 22 | #49 | 4,057 |
| 1934 | #2,087 | 15 | #48 | 4,035 |
| 1933 | #1,311 | 30 | #52 | 3,562 |
| 1932 | #1,488 | 26 | #57 | 3,388 |
| 1931 | #1,594 | 23 | #58 | 3,217 |
| 1930 | #1,460 | 28 | #65 | 2,981 |
| 1929 | #1,419 | 29 | #69 | 2,741 |
| 1928 | #1,469 | 29 | #69 | 2,855 |
| 1927 | #1,486 | 30 | #67 | 2,882 |
| 1926 | #2,165 | 17 | #68 | 2,811 |
| 1925 | #1,891 | 21 | #74 | 2,713 |
| 1924 | #1,811 | 23 | #74 | 2,730 |
| 1923 | #1,736 | 24 | #75 | 2,597 |
| 1922 | #2,186 | 17 | #78 | 2,476 |
| 1921 | #1,867 | 22 | #81 | 2,417 |
| 1920 | #1,952 | 20 | #86 | 2,180 |
| 1919 | #1,855 | 20 | #90 | 1,955 |
| 1918 | #1,690 | 23 | #91 | 1,912 |
| 1917 | #1,996 | 17 | #96 | 1,715 |
| 1916 | #2,246 | 14 | #98 | 1,587 |
| 1915 | #1,964 | 16 | #97 | 1,517 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #111 | 1,001 |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 | #113 | 760 |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | #118 | 617 |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 | #126 | 280 |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | #141 | 228 |
| 1909 | — | #153 | 163 | |
| 1908 | — | #137 | 178 | |
| 1907 | — | #152 | 148 | |
| 1906 | — | #167 | 116 | |
| 1905 | — | #177 | 107 | |
| 1904 | — | #193 | 92 | |
| 1903 | — | #180 | 92 | |
| 1902 | — | #185 | 90 | |
| 1901 | — | #170 | 87 | |
| 1900 | — | #213 | 85 | |
| 1899 | — | #224 | 57 | |
| 1898 | — | #211 | 68 | |
| 1897 | — | #243 | 51 | |
| 1896 | — | #246 | 55 | |
| 1895 | — | #235 | 56 | |
| 1894 | — | #224 | 58 | |
| 1893 | — | #229 | 55 | |
| 1892 | — | #312 | 35 | |
| 1891 | — | #308 | 29 | |
| 1890 | — | #252 | 45 | |
| 1889 | — | #305 | 32 | |
| 1888 | — | #280 | 41 | |
| 1887 | — | #307 | 29 | |
| 1886 | — | #357 | 23 | |
| 1885 | — | #355 | 24 | |
| 1884 | — | #296 | 34 | |
| 1883 | — | #331 | 25 | |
| 1882 | — | #377 | 22 | |
| 1881 | — | #289 | 30 | |
| 1880 | — | #356 | 23 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1946 at #29 (8,807 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 22 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 57 yrs · run 1915–1971
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- 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
- 24.8% of all boys named Wayne (88,092) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 283 | #280 (1888) | #325 |
| 1890s | 509 | #211 (1898) | #248 |
| 1900s | 1,158 | #137 (1908) | #173 |
| 1910s | 11,572 | #90 (1919) | #108 |
| 1920s | 26,402 | #67 (1927) | #74 |
| 1930s | 41,141 | #39 (1939) | #50 |
| 1940s | 75,131 | #29 (1946) | #36 |
| 1950s | 88,092 | #35 (1950) | #43 |
| 1960s | 54,762 | #58 (1960) | #63 |
| 1970s | 24,616 | #80 (1970) | #118 |
| 1980s | 14,750 | #146 (1980) | #182 |
| 1990s | 7,502 | #242 (1990) | #352 |
| 2000s | 3,719 | #505 (2000) | #617 |
| 2010s | 3,052 | #702 (2011) | #762 |
| 2020s | 2,129 | #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 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 238,294 of them was named Wayne, which outranked 33.4% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #7,409Yuka8
- #7,409Zanetta8
- #7,409Zonia8
- #8,128Wayne7
- #8,128Aarika7
- #8,128Abbigale7
- #8,128Abbye7
- #9,110Aaisha6
- #9,110Abbra6
- #9,110Abel6
Tied with 981 names at #8,128; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 1,023 of them was named Wayne, which outranked 97.9% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.