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.

Wayne

#99 most common boys' name of all time · #207 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#99
Rank overall
#207 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
356,422
Since 2016
3,361
Peak year
1947 #30
Best rank
#29 1946
Girls Boys peak 10,202/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Wayne is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 422 422 #653
2024 — 396 396 #686
2023 — 359 359 #733
2022 — 329 329 #768
2021 — 318 318 #778
2020 — 305 305 #774
2019 — 322 322 #745
2018 — 299 299 #776
2017 — 281 281 #809
2016 — 330 330 #739
2015 — 325 325 #744
2014 — 292 292 #789
2013 — 301 301 #756
2012 — 291 291 #778
2011 — 327 327 #702
2010 — 284 284 #780
2009 — 304 304 #753
2008 — 344 344 #691
2007 — 354 354 #675
2006 — 358 358 #647
2005 — 319 319 #667
2004 — 364 364 #597
2003 — 382 382 #577
2002 — 420 420 #533
2001 — 421 421 #527
2000 — 453 453 #506
1999 — 507 507 #453
1998 — 525 525 #436
1997 — 515 515 #436
1996 — 605 605 #389
1995 — 674 674 #358
1994 — 746 746 #332
1993 — 834 834 #318
1992 5 917 922 #293
1991 — 1,031 1,031 #263
1990 — 1,148 1,148 #242
1989 8 1,168 1,176 #231
1988 16 1,242 1,258 #209
1987 14 1,298 1,312 #200
1986 17 1,343 1,360 #191
1985 14 1,384 1,398 #184
1984 15 1,478 1,493 #174
1983 25 1,529 1,554 #171
1982 12 1,714 1,726 #159
1981 7 1,751 1,758 #156
1980 8 1,843 1,851 #146
1979 8 1,831 1,839 #149
1978 18 1,888 1,906 #138
1977 18 1,950 1,968 #138
1976 11 2,020 2,031 #131
1975 13 2,134 2,147 #120
1974 23 2,216 2,239 #120
1973 14 2,448 2,462 #107
1972 14 2,792 2,806 #103
1971 19 3,331 3,350 #92
1970 28 4,006 4,034 #80
1969 21 3,896 3,917 #75
1968 14 4,251 4,265 #63
1967 18 4,470 4,488 #62
1966 23 4,891 4,914 #59
1965 20 5,112 5,132 #65
1964 23 5,832 5,855 #61
1963 22 6,031 6,053 #63
1962 29 6,324 6,353 #63
1961 27 6,762 6,789 #61
1960 25 7,193 7,218 #58
1959 33 7,878 7,911 #51
1958 28 8,329 8,357 #48
1957 28 8,687 8,715 #47
1956 33 8,717 8,750 #45
1955 28 8,728 8,756 #44
1954 37 9,175 9,212 #41
1953 29 8,905 8,934 #40
1952 18 9,087 9,105 #38
1951 21 9,327 9,348 #37
1950 19 9,259 9,278 #35
1949 28 8,927 8,955 #35
1948 17 8,682 8,699 #34
1947 33 10,169 10,202 #30
1946 19 8,807 8,826 #29
1945 12 6,738 6,750 #35
1944 15 6,724 6,739 #37
1943 21 6,761 6,782 #41
1942 21 6,484 6,505 #41
1941 20 6,112 6,132 #37
1940 20 5,727 5,747 #39
1939 25 5,653 5,678 #39
1938 30 5,226 5,256 #40
1937 23 4,613 4,636 #44
1936 15 4,409 4,424 #45
1935 22 4,057 4,079 #49
1934 15 4,035 4,050 #48
1933 30 3,562 3,592 #52
1932 26 3,388 3,414 #57
1931 23 3,217 3,240 #58
1930 28 2,981 3,009 #65
1929 29 2,741 2,770 #69
1928 29 2,855 2,884 #69
1927 30 2,882 2,912 #67
1926 17 2,811 2,828 #68
1925 21 2,713 2,734 #74
1924 23 2,730 2,753 #74
1923 24 2,597 2,621 #75
1922 17 2,476 2,493 #78
1921 22 2,417 2,439 #81
1920 20 2,180 2,200 #86
1919 20 1,955 1,975 #90
1918 23 1,912 1,935 #91
1917 17 1,715 1,732 #96
1916 14 1,587 1,601 #98
1915 16 1,517 1,533 #97
1914 6 1,001 1,007 #111
1913 11 760 771 #113
1912 7 617 624 #118
1911 6 280 286 #126
1910 6 228 234 #141
1909 — 163 163 #155
1908 — 178 178 #138
1907 — 148 148 #155
1906 — 116 116 #167
1905 — 107 107 #178
1904 — 92 92 #193
1903 — 92 92 #182
1902 — 90 90 #187
1901 — 87 87 #173
1900 — 85 85 #214
1899 — 57 57 #224
1898 — 68 68 #214
1897 — 51 51 #243
1896 — 55 55 #247
1895 — 56 56 #236
1894 — 58 58 #226
1893 — 55 55 #233
1892 — 35 35 #316
1891 — 29 29 #315
1890 — 45 45 #253
1889 — 32 32 #311
1888 — 41 41 #282
1887 — 29 29 #309
1886 — 23 23 #362
1885 — 24 24 #359
1884 — 34 34 #298
1883 — 25 25 #335
1882 — 22 22 #380
1881 — 30 30 #293
1880 — 23 23 #361