Masculine dossier · first seen 1912

Dwayne

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

Endangered Down 96.3% from peak

Peak era

1961

Peak rank proxy

3,483

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1912Peak 19612024

Peak year

1961

Decline from peak

96.3%

2024

129

All-time

76,621

Dwayne 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 1961, when 3,483 boys were named Dwayne.

In 2024, only 129 boys were given the name.

Down 96.3% from its peak.

All told, about 76,621 Americans have been named Dwayne and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1912.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.3% from peak

19613,483 boys named Dwayne

2024129 boys named Dwayne

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