Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Dewayne

#716 most common boys' name of all time · #1,604 across all names · >99% boys / <1% girls · used 1912–2025

Rank among boys
#716
Rank overall
#1,604 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
114 of 146
All-time
26,598
Since 2016
634
Peak year
1963 #307
Best rank
#304 1962
Girls Boys peak 655/yr
192019401960198020002020

Dewayne first appears in 1912. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 55 55 #2,457
2024 — 40 40 #3,054
2023 — 48 48 #2,701
2022 — 53 53 #2,565
2021 — 60 60 #2,304
2020 — 65 65 #2,145
2019 — 70 70 #2,065
2018 — 67 67 #2,107
2017 — 91 91 #1,719
2016 — 85 85 #1,791
2015 — 102 102 #1,582
2014 — 108 108 #1,495
2013 — 115 115 #1,435
2012 — 115 115 #1,442
2011 — 128 128 #1,327
2010 — 145 145 #1,220
2009 — 151 151 #1,193
2008 — 157 157 #1,157
2007 — 164 164 #1,116
2006 — 146 146 #1,159
2005 — 151 151 #1,098
2004 — 154 154 #1,049
2003 — 147 147 #1,058
2002 — 149 149 #1,027
2001 — 153 153 #997
2000 — 184 184 #862
1999 — 169 169 #890
1998 — 168 168 #864
1997 — 173 173 #835
1996 — 157 157 #876
1995 — 198 198 #764
1994 — 177 177 #798
1993 — 184 184 #777
1992 — 247 247 #663
1991 — 265 265 #627
1990 — 245 245 #647
1989 — 286 286 #578
1988 5 267 272 #567
1987 — 304 304 #516
1986 — 300 300 #506
1985 — 313 313 #490
1984 5 335 340 #462
1983 6 317 323 #470
1982 8 398 406 #420
1981 11 378 389 #431
1980 5 441 446 #391
1979 8 431 439 #388
1978 5 462 467 #360
1977 — 526 526 #340
1976 — 471 471 #353
1975 8 476 484 #353
1974 — 426 426 #369
1973 — 520 520 #329
1972 — 530 530 #334
1971 7 543 550 #338
1970 — 554 554 #343
1969 10 537 547 #337
1968 — 524 524 #334
1967 6 511 517 #331
1966 — 600 600 #304
1965 — 586 586 #315
1964 — 611 611 #312
1963 5 650 655 #307
1962 — 651 651 #304
1961 6 626 632 #313
1960 — 580 580 #324
1959 — 500 500 #349
1958 6 461 467 #357
1957 — 428 428 #372
1956 — 358 358 #400
1955 — 319 319 #411
1954 — 292 292 #419
1953 — 296 296 #403
1952 — 290 290 #405
1951 — 238 238 #440
1950 — 214 214 #451
1949 — 203 203 #463
1948 — 213 213 #457
1947 — 226 226 #446
1946 — 188 188 #466
1945 — 158 158 #477
1944 — 196 196 #437
1943 — 163 163 #485
1942 — 159 159 #488
1941 — 185 185 #430
1940 — 156 156 #464
1939 — 139 139 #490
1938 6 141 147 #491
1937 — 146 146 #462
1936 — 165 165 #440
1935 — 188 188 #399
1934 — 127 127 #521
1933 — 121 121 #514
1932 — 114 114 #555
1931 — 131 131 #502
1930 — 76 76 #727
1929 — 87 87 #662
1928 — 77 77 #734
1927 — 67 67 #821
1926 — 69 69 #792
1925 — 74 74 #771
1924 — 70 70 #813
1923 — 69 69 #814
1922 — 61 61 #890
1921 — 53 53 #972
1920 — 48 48 #1,003
1919 — 35 35 #1,206
1918 — 45 45 #1,011
1917 — 28 28 #1,321
1916 — 25 25 #1,412
1915 — 26 26 #1,341
1914 — 13 13 #1,853
1913 — 5 5 #3,014
1912 — 8 8 #2,016