Dwyane
Dwyane is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 996th, in 1962.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 196259 births
- Best rank
- #996in 1962
- Since 1938
- 1,161people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,161 boys have been named Dwyane in the United States since 1938, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1962, with 59 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 59 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1968, and the 1960s alone account for 39%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 1962, its biggest year
Dwyane was the 996th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1962 were Michael, David, John, James and Robert. See all of 1962.
Names that rose and fell with Dwyane
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Dwaynepeak 1961
- Scottpeak 1971
- Robbypeak 1964
- Kirtpeak 1962
- Geoffpeak 1962
- Darryllpeak 1960
- Jefferypeak 1962
- Dondipeak 1961
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.