Dewayne

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Dwayne or Dewayne is a traditionally male name, a variant of Duane. It is Gaelic in origin, deriving from the Irish saint Dubhán.

From Wikipedia

Dewayne first appears in the data in 1912 and has been recorded in 113 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1962 with 653 babies (rank #302 that year). In 2024 it was given to 39 boys (rank #3,107). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Dewayne

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Dewayne yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

26,542
Total babies (all years)
113
Years in the data
653
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19128#1,924
19135#2,931
191413#1,802
191526#1,314
191625#1,385
191728#1,303
191845#999
191935#1,194
192048#993
192153#962
192261#885
192369#806
192470#810
192574#768
192669#787
192767#812
192877#733
192987#661
193076#719
1931131#501
1932114#551
1933121#513
1934127#518
1935188#397
1936165#438
1937146#462
1938141#488
1939139#488
1940156#463
1941185#430
1942159#486
1943163#483
1944196#436
1945158#474
1946188#465
1947226#445
1948213#456
1949203#463
1950214#451
1951238#438
1952290#405
1953296#403
1954292#419
1955319#411
1956358#400
1957428#372
1958461#356
1959500#349
1960579#324
1961627#313
1962653#302
1963648#308
1964611#312
1965586#315
1966601#304
1967510#331
1968524#334
1969537#337
1970554#343
1971543#338
1972530#334
1973521#329
1974426#369
1975476#353
1976471#353
1977526#340
1978462#360
1979431#387
1980441#391
1981378#431
1982398#420
1983317#469
1984335#461
1985313#490
1986300#507
1987304#515
1988267#567
1989286#578
1990245#647
1991265#627
1992247#663
1993184#777
1994177#799
1995198#765
1996157#874
1997173#835
1998168#864
1999169#893
2000184#863
2001153#998
2002149#1,028
2003147#1,055
2004154#1,048
2005151#1,096
2006146#1,156
2007164#1,114
2008157#1,156
2009151#1,195
2010145#1,220
2011128#1,327
2012115#1,440
2013115#1,434
2014108#1,494
2015102#1,581
201685#1,793
201790#1,723
201867#2,103
201970#2,064
202065#2,145
202160#2,306
202253#2,569
202348#2,703
202439#3,107