Masculine dossier · first seen 1912

Dewayne

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

Endangered Down 94% from peak

Peak era

1962

Peak rank proxy

653

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1912Peak 19622024

Peak year

1962

Decline from peak

94%

2024

All-time

26,435

Dewayne once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1962, when 653 boys were named Dewayne.

In 2024, only 39 boys were given the name.

Down 94% from its peak.

All told, about 26,435 Americans have been named Dewayne and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1912.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 94% from peak

1962653 boys named Dewayne

202439 boys named Dewayne

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