Dawayne

Boy · recorded 1929–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 1977best year

Most popular in 1977.

Last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1929

0142719291953197720002024

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 84 recorded years as a table
Dawayne, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19295
19367
19385
19395
19434
19444
19464
19474
19483
19503
19513
19524
19533
195411
19553
19564
19574
19584
19597
19608
19618
19628
19637
196410
196511
196615
196715
196810
196916
197017
197123
197222
197321
197417
197519
197625
197727
197824
197920
198018
198121
198219
198318
198419
198511
198612
198713
198818
198913
199014
199117
199221
199311
199414
199510
199618
199712
19987
19999
200010
200111
200210
200312
200412
20059
200614
200715
200812
200912
201012
201113
201212
20137
20147
20155
20165
20174
20186
20197
20207
20217
20224
20234
20244

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dawayne isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2024
7
Rank in 2024
#9,894
How rare
1 in 246,126 boys
Since 1929
1,690

Dawayne was last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1977, at 27 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Dawayne doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.