Masculine dossier · first seen 1929

Dawayne

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Dawayne
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1977

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1929Peak 19772024

Peak year

1977

Decline from peak

84.4%

2024

All-time

1,690

Dawayne has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1977, when 45 boys were named Dawayne.

In 2024, only 7 boys were given the name.

Down 84.4% from its peak.

All told, about 1,690 Americans have been named Dawayne and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1929.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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