Dewayne
- Pronunciation
- [De-wayne]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Dark.
- Origin
- Irish
Dewayne Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 26,435 baby boys have been named Dewayne. The name peaked in 1962 with 653 US births that year (rank #302). In 2024, ranked #3107 nationally — 2,805 places below its 1962 peak.
Top States for Dewayne
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Dewayne births are: Texas (1,888), California (1,425), Tennessee (1,416).
Other Irish-Origin Names Like Dewayne
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7-Letter Names Starting with D
Names with Dewayne's exact length and starting letter: Dabbous, Daedbot, Daelynn, Daganya, Dagomar.
Quick Facts About Dewayne
US Popularity History (2000–2001)
Annual US births named Dewayne by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2000 with 184 boys named Dewayne (boy rank #863 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2001, ranked #998 for boys (153 US births). That's 135 places below its 2000 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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