Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Wayne

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

Endangered Down 96.1% from peak

Peak era

1947

Peak rank proxy

10,168

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19472024

Peak year

1947

Decline from peak

96.1%

2024

394

All-time

354,385

Wayne 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 1947, when 10,168 boys were named Wayne.

In 2024, only 394 boys were given the name.

Down 96.1% from its peak.

All told, about 354,385 Americans have been named Wayne and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.1% from peak

194710,168 boys named Wayne

2024394 boys named Wayne

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