Dwane
Dwane is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 761st, in 1963.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1963102 births
- Best rank
- #761in 1963
- Since 1915
- 3,171people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,171 boys have been named Dwane in the United States since 1915, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1963, with 102 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 102 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1960, and the 1960s alone account for 23%. It has spent 15 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Dwane | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 29 | |
| 1920s | 227 | |
| 1930s | 380 | |
| 1940s | 355 | |
| 1950s | 552 | |
| 1960s | 720 | |
| 1970s | 453 | |
| 1980s | 225 | |
| 1990s | 118 | |
| 2000s | 86 | |
| 2010s | 26 |
In 1963, its biggest year
Dwane was the 761st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1963 were Michael, John, David, James and Robert. See all of 1963.
Names that rose and fell with Dwane
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Duanepeak 1959
- Dwainepeak 1959
- Dwainpeak 1959
- Kenithpeak 1963
- Derrypeak 1957
- Duwaynepeak 1960
- Kennithpeak 1956
- Derylpeak 1957
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.